Sonosite Supports PURE in Uganda
PURE – Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-limited Environments:
PURE is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of medical professionals and others dedicated to enhancing ultrasound education and use in the developing world.
As one of our global initiatives, Sonosite is proud to support PURE with M-Turbo equipment. Its portability and resilience make it a perfect solution when travelling to resource-limited environments.
With such remote locations as Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, PURE has been able to provide ultrasound training for more than 150 clinicians over the last…
Updates From the Ebola Fight in Liberia
Report from an Ebola treatment center in Liberia from Dr. Trish Henwood.
Trish Henwood is an emergency room doctor and Director of Global Health Initiatives in the department of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is in Bong County, Liberia, working at an Ebola treatment center run by the International Medical Corps.
Since establishing the Ebola treatment center the number of new ebola cases has decreased significantly in Bong County.
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The evidence is stacking up. POC ultrasound is a game changer.
How an old technology became a disruptive innovation
TEDMED 2014: Resa Lewiss, Directorof Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, explains why and how ultrasound at the bedside became a game changer for clinical care. This 6 minute video talks about situations where lives were changed as a result of Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Follow the link. http://tedmed.com/talks/show?id=293054&videoId=495902&ref=about-this-talk
Morocco - Mobile Ultrasound Update
Dr Katof AbdelkhalekIf you have not read our previous blog The Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol, I highly recommend that you follow the link: The Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol It is a solution driven article, inspiring all POC ultrasound technicians to reach beyond the day to day borders that we usually work in. It highlights a united effort between Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Trice Imaging Inc., FUJIFILM Sonosite Inc., and Sony. Now Qualcomm has released a video featuring Dr. Katof Abdelkhalek as he travels to remote regions in Morocco using the M-Turbo Ultrasound.…
From Volume to Value
Finance leaders should understand the drivers of cost and quality in their organizations, including how best to make cost-effective use of technologies. Ultrasound, in particular, can provide a means to improve quality of care and reduce costs because it can help a hospital avoid costly mistakes, can sometimes serve as a substitute for more expensive scans, and can help reduce the risk of extra days in the hospital. Optimum use of ultrasound can help to improve performance on measures that …
Sonosite working in Rwanda with the PURE team
This past March three PURE traveled to Rwanda to teach point of care ultrasound to 15 internal medicine resident trainees as well as 11 general practitioners working in the emergency department at the country’s main government teaching and referral hospital. The teaching took place at the Centre Hospitalier Universitarie de Kigali (CHUK) Simulation Center, and on the wards of CHUK. The trainees were highly motivated and eager to learn how to use the many new Sonosite machines recently purchased by the Ministry of Health for use in their hospitals. The PURE training group lectured on…
Penn doctor prepares to fight Ebola in Liberia
This is such an inspiring story! Trish Henwood, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will travel to Liberia to work with the International Medicine Corps treating Ebola. She will be entering the epicenter of the largest known Ebola epidemic, which has infected 8,914 people in West Africa and killed at least 4,447, according to the World Health Organization. More than half the reported deaths have been in Liberia. And the WHO predicts that 1.4 million people could soon be infected if aid efforts aren't increased. Trish is among a…
Ultrasound: The Swiss-army-knife-of-health-care.
Ultrasound: The Swiss-army-knife-of-health-care. Medical Students sharpen your transducers and come to Stanford ULTRAfest! Stanford is center of diagnostic ultrasound research, education and training. On Oct. 18, the school will host ULTRAfest, a full day of free ultrasound instruction open to any medical student in the country. Experienced clinicians from several medical specialties will serve as teachers. Last year, more than 300 medical students from the western United States participated in the event. The School of Medicine already has incorporated ultrasound into its anatomy…
The Magic of Ultrasound at C-Booth (LA County/University of Southern California)
The Magic of Ultrasound at C-Booth (LA County/University of South California) By Chanel Fischetti, MS4 University of California Irvine School of Medicine What happens when you combine Sonosite ultrasound technology, C booth, and enthusiastic medical students? You find the inspiration for an enhanced medical education. On August 13th, more than 50 medical students voluntarily attended the first ultrasound student elective hosted in the infamous C booth, now a simulation center for students and residents. The course opened with a guest lecture by Dr. Chris Fox to help set the stage for…
More than 1000 Preventable Deaths Each Day in the US Health Care System
FUJIFILM SONOSITE APPLAUDS US SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON THE NEED TO ADDRESS PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging to Explore Stemming More Than 1000 Preventable Deaths Each Day In The US Healthcare System BOTHELL, WA, July 17, 2014 – FUJIFILM Sonosite Inc., the world leader and specialist in ultrasound performed at the point-of-care, applauds the US Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging for having a hearing to explore ways to stem the more than 1000 preventable patient deaths a day in the US healthcare system. “This crisis needs to…
The Value of Visualization
What are the benefits of ultrasound?
Quality of Care: Quality matters to the entire healthcare service. Discover how we can help you improve your leapfrog scores by leaps and bounds. Watch a video on how White Memorial did it.Efficiency: Save time, energy, and even personnel with bedside ultrasound. See the full article on how Greenville Health System created a cost saving care pathway for shoulder injury.Patient Safety: Learn how to avoid hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) through the use of point-of-care ultrasound. See how Memorial Hermann Health Systems achieved zero iatrogenic…
Steve Miller, Vice President of Product Realization at Sonosite
Steve Miller discusses his experiences as the Vice President of Product Realization at Sonosite
Meet Steve Miller, the Vice President of Product Realization at FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. Steve Miller joined Sonosite in July 2011. His career in ultrasound began in 1987 with Philips Ultrasound where he led advanced development projects in B-mode and Color Doppler. In 1992, he joined GE Healthcare to work on their first high-end digital ultrasound system as a senior systems engineer. As GE’s ultrasound business expanded, he was promoted into global principal engineering roles leading new global…
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Morocco Trial Shows Remote Ultrasound Can Expand Access and Improve Maternal Care
Globally, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth every 24 hours. Of those deaths, 40 percent are due to injuries or conditions related to placenta complications. The only way to detect abnormal placenta challenges is through an ultrasound exam.
In the rural areas of Morocco, previously pregnant women had to wait up to two weeks to obtain the results of a critical obstetric ultrasound. Now, a new trial shows that local sonography with remote interpretation can reduce turnaround time to 24 hours…
The Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol
Morocco Trial Shows Remote Ultrasound Can Expand Access and Improve Maternal Care.In the rural areas of Morocco, previously pregnant women had to wait up to two weeks to obtain the results of a critical obstetric ultrasound. Now a new trial shows that local sonography with remote interpretation can reduce turn around time down to 24 hours while decreasing cost from $80 to $2 per study.
Glimpse: A New Talk Show Series Focused on Trends and Thought Leadership in Visual Medicine
About Glimpse
Glimpse was introduced in May 2014 as a blog-based video channel focusing on the field of visual medicine and recent progress in the field. The show is produced by Sonosite FUJIFILM, Inc. and hosted by John Nosta, DIGITAL HEALTH philosopher, strategist & advocate. The project is headed by Luke Baldwin of Sonosite.
The goal of the project is to provide the public and especially medical providers with knowledge of recent insights into visual medicine, especially point-of-care ultrasound. In fact, rather than promote a particular brand or device, the show is dedicated…
Sonosite Interviews Dr. Billy Mallon for the Code Black movie release
Meet Dr. Billy Mallon from Code Black MovieBilly Mallon has been a member of the Emergency Medicine faculty at LAC+USC Medical Center for over 2 decades, including 10 years as the Emergency Medicine Residency Director. As an educator he has won numerous teaching awards locally and nationally for his teaching style which is direct and unfiltered. He is a past president of the California Chapter of ACEP, a Fulbright Senior Scholar (to Iceland), an AOA Faculty Inductee, and has lectured in over 20 countries on a wide variety of EM topics.Dr. Mallon has been intimately…
Sonosite interviews Dr. Clare Roepke for the Code Black movie release
Dr. Clare Roepke is a third year emergency medicine resident at LA County USC Medical Center. She will take over as Education Chief and complete her final year of training in 2015. "...that raw emotion, that intensity, and that kind of care on a real firsthand, real basis with patients... It drew me in." Dr. Clare Roepke shares with Sonosite her experience with Ryan McGarry, producer of Code Black movie, who was also her mentor and a senior in her residency. He was to her "a teacher, and a role model". She thus has an intimate look into McGarry's process and feelings as he created…
Sonosite Interviews Dr. Todd Larsen from Code Black Movie
Dr. Todd Larsen is an assistant medical director at St. John's Regional Medical Center and St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Ventura County. He has worked there since graduating from the Emergency Medicine residency at LAC-USC in 2009. His focus is on Pre-hospital Care, Education, and Quality Assurance. "In the midst of the chaos...I got my education that allowed me to practice medicine how I do." Sonosite interviews Dr. Todd Larsen from Code Black Movie, whose role in the film is portrayed as the calm, collected, senior resident. Dr. Larsen shares that in fact the…
Sonosite interviews Dr. Ed Newton from Code Black Movie
Edward Newton, MD grew up in Montreal, Canada. He has undergraduate degrees in History (Loyola College), Microbiology (UBC) and Medicine (McGill University). He trained in Emergency Medicine at the LAC + USC Medical Center and completed a Fellowship in Medical Toxicology from 1982-1985. He then practiced at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal and returned as the Emergency Medicine Residency Training Director at LAC + USC Medical Center from 1988 to 1995. He became Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine in 1995 and Chair of the Department from 2002-2012. He currently is working…