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 Centre, and on the wards of CHUK.

Game Day Ultrasound

Courtesy of FUJIFILM Sonosite ANZ The Fremantle Dockers Football team have been using on-field Ultrasound as a way to visualize and diagnose soft tissue injuries with their players. The Sonosite Edge portable Ultrasound system provides beautiful images of the ribs and soft tissues for "match-day" diagnosis. This information allows the physician and coach to make an informed decision of whether the player should be sent back out in the field.

Banner Health Case Study

Over the span of 13 years, BannerHealth has incrementally adopted PoCUS (Point-of-care ultrasonography) across the health system through organic growth, unintended disruption and  intended disruption.

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.

Morocco - Mobile Ultrasound Update

If 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 Imageing Inc., FUJIFILM Sonosite Inc., and  Sony.

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.

Ultrasound First -- Musculoskeletal Imaging (MSK)

Clinical evidence and research supports using ultrasound as the first diagnostic test for numerous musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Diagnostic ultrasound offers a number of important advantages compared to computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in terms of safety and effectiveness. Diagnostic ultrasound is noninvasive and offers real-time imaging, allowing for examinations of structures at rest and in motion.

Global Health Experience - Honduras

Here at Sonosite we have a pool of equipment that we loan for global health missions in under-served areas.  We were fortunate to be able to support Dr Braehler's recent mission to Honduras.  This is what he had to say:

Ultrasound First -- Renal Colic Detection

Renal colic affects nearly 1.2 million people each year and accounts for approximately 1 percent of hospital admissions.1 Diagnosing kidney stones in patients who present with renal colic is often performed with computed tomography (CT) and, less commonly, with intravenous urography (IVU).2 While CT and IVU are accurate diagnostic tests and define clearly the size, shape, and position of uric acid stones, they also present a number of factors that would discourage use,3 including the p