Did You Know that Sonosite has a New Vascular Access Education Partner?
Did You Know that FUJIFILM Sonosite has a new partner to provide vascular access education to our customers? With education being one of our core pillars, we strive to ensure that your department and clinicians are adequately equipped with the knowledge and training to administer care to patients using point-of-care ultrasound.Introducing Operation StickMeet our new procedural partner in Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV education. Operation Stick (OSTICK) is an evidence-based vascular access training programme whose stated mission is to increase competency among clinicians in ultrasound-guided…
Better Patient Outcomes through POCUS Practise and Clinical Training
Training MattersPoint-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) empowers clinicians with real-time diagnostic capabilities and procedural practises at the patient's bedside, which can improve the speed and accuracy of patient care. Hands-on POCUS training for clinicians at educational workshops is imperative in maximizing the benefits of using ultrasound systems effectively.FUJIFILM Sonosite is dedicated to supporting POCUS training by providing organisations with loaner systems that are used to train physicians and clinicians at educational workshops. Over the last two decades, Sonosite has cultivated its…
Designed for Durability: The Rigorous Testing Process of Sonosite Transducers
Introduction: Setting the Bar HighIn Point-of-Care-Ultrasound, the durability of equipment is paramount. Without quality systems that are ready to use, the immediacy of patient care can be negatively impacted. To ensure reliability and up-time, Sonosite transducers are tested to the limit. This process consists of extensive testing protocols that go beyond industry norms.Beyond Flexibility: The Sonosite Flex and Twist TestAt Sonosite, we demand more of our transducers. Our testing bends, flexes, and twists transducer cabling over 50,000 cycles to represent typical clinical usage over 5 years…
Empowering Healthcare Providers with Sonosite's Voice Assist
In today's healthcare landscape, institutions face a daunting challenge: maintaining high-quality patient care, often with limited staffing. This is particularly critical in sterile environments, where precision and focus are paramount. Recognising this need, FUJIFILM Sonosite has introduced Voice Assist, an innovative new feature for Sonosite LX and Sonosite PX ultrasound systems designed to allow providers access to critical commands of their system, even while across the bed in a sterile or clean procedure.The Power of Voice ControlVoice Assist transforms the ease-of-use of Sonosite PX and…
POCUS Profile: Dr. Tushar B Munnoli
We recently interacted with Dr. Tushar B. Munnoli who is a renowned Interventional Pain Medicine specialist currently practicing at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. After his post-graduation in Anesthesia, Dr. Munnoli pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management. He holds a diploma in Musculoskeletal ultrasound and is a certified Interventional Pain Sonologist (CIPS) from the World Institute of Pain (USA).
Dr. Munnoli has been using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for the past 7 years and currently employs the Sonosite SII as well as Sonosite…
Joining the Mission with the Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation
The Mission
Since the formation of the Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation (FOFHF) in 2006, the Foundation has sent a mission to Fiji for each successive year to provide FREE cardiac surgery to the underprivileged people of Fiji. Over the years the Foundation’s focus has expanded to include open heart surgery, pacemaker checks and implants, angiography, stenting, etc. Since 2006, treatments worth over NZ$10m have been performed with ZERO administrative costs.
The mission involves sending a volunteer team of over 55 doctors, technicians and nurses who give up to 3 weeks of their time to provide…
Ryan Hebbler
FUJIFIILM Sonosite employees are passionate about many things, helping people is at the top of the list. As is the case for Ryan Hebbler, our Director of Strategic Accounts, which means helping customers, colleagues, clinicians, and everyone else he deals with. He's passionate about ultrasound, and it shows.
POCUS Profile: Dr Vijay Hadda
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We recently interacted with Dr. Vijay Hadda, who is the Additional Professor for the department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at renowned All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He completed his medicine degree from AIIMS, Delhi in 2005 and is an eminent personality in the field of pulmonary medicine in India. Dr Hadda is quite passionate about point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) technology and has been utilizing it in his routine clinical practice for 15 years.
According to Dr. Hadda, POCUS is vital…
Carena Holmes
Carena Holmes, senior systems engineer sees the big picture and the details. She is always thinking about how to improve our systems and how teams can work more harmoniously. When asked about her favourite project, she replies with a secretive smile, but that just goes to show how interesting the work she's doing is. She's a creative thinker and a passionate advocate for her work. And like most Sonositers, she's also passionate about her music. Check out her top 5 all-time favourite songs here:
I Wanna Dance with Somebody – Whitney Houston
Humble- Kendrick Lamar
Kiss- Prince and the…
Keith Williams
Keith Williams, Executive Director of Programme Management at FUJIFILM Sonosite, is celebrating his 25th anniversary with the company. When asked what keeps him coming back, Williams said, "It's the people. I get to work with some phenomenally talented and passionate people who are dedicated to making a difference in the world. And the products we make have a really important role to play in that." In addition to his work at FUJIFILM Sonosite, Williams is also a passionate music fan. He shared his top 5 songs of all time with, which you can enjoy below.
David Bowie - Heroes (Live Aid, 1985…
POCUS Profile: Dr. Arunangshu Chakraborty
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We recently interacted with Dr. Arunangshu Chakraborty, who is a senior consultant at the department of onco-anesthesia, TATA Medical Centre (400+ bedded cancer hospital & research center in Kolkata, West Bengal), to learn about his journey with point-of-care ultrasound.
Dr. Chakraborty is a medical graduate from NRS medical college, Kolkata and postgraduate in Anesthesiology from Motilal Nehru medical college, Allahabad, India. He pursued his clinical fellowship from NUH Singapore in year 2012 and has been practicing ultrasound guided…
POCUS PROFILE: Dr. Divesh Arora
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Dr.Divesh Arora, Head – Operation Theater & Anesthesia department at renowned Asian Institute of Medical Science, Faridabad, recently shared his journey of point-of-care ultrasound & its significance in his routine clinical practice.
Introduction to FUJIFILM Sonosite
My first tryst with ultrasound happened in 2007 where I got to learn for the first time that ultrasound could be used for wide variety of purposes in anesthesia practice. Those were early years where Sonosite was finding ways to expand its footprint in the Indian healthcare…
FUJIFILM Sonosite launches new Point of Care Ultrasound System in India
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FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., specialists in developing cutting-edge point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions, and part of the larger FUJIFILM Healthcare portfolio, has announced the launch of the new Sonosite PX ultrasound system. Sonosite PX is the next generation in Sonosite POCUS, with the most advanced image clarity ever seen in a Sonosite system, a suite of workflow efficiency features, and an adaptable form factor.
Read the full press release published on renowned ET Healthworld here: https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/medical-…
POCUS Profile: Dr Vivek Nanda
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Dr. Vivek Nanda is a renowned Emergency Medicine physician at multispecialty KD Hospital in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He completed his DNB in Emergency Medicine from Apollo Hospital, Bangalore and in his total 12 years of work experience in the field of pharmaceuticals, critical & emergency care medicine, ultrasound was introduced in year 2014 in his clinical practice and now point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is utilized almost daily by him in the emergency department.
He is also an emergency consultant for all sports events conducted at The Narendra…
15 Years of Sonosite’s excellence in India
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FUJIFILM Sonosite recently celebrated 15 years of successful operations in India at an event held at the Hyatt Regency, Jaipur. More than 50 eminent physicians from across the country attended the event and shared their experience of using FUJIFILM Sonosite ultrasound machines for providing better patient care in their regular practise.
FUJIFILM Sonosite showcased the latest point-of-care ultrasound systems and exhibited the history of the technology with a display of older ultrasound systems developed since Sonosite’s inception nearly 25…
From the CEO: Find Work that Matters
Find Work that Matters at FUJIFILM SonositeLife is finite, which makes time our most precious commodity.The COVID pandemic has taken this concept and dropped it right in the lap of millions of working people in this country. “Why am I spending the majority of my waking hours doing this work, and is that how I want to spend the time I have left on this planet?” Welcome to the Great Resignation.The management consulting firm McKinsey & Company conducted a survey in 2021 and found that nearly two-thirds of US-based employees surveyed said that COVID-19 has caused them to reflect on their…
From the CEO: Core Values
Core Values: A focus on HOW we face challenges together
The last few years have challenged us all. They’ve made us think deeply about what matters in our lives. Many have been faced with choices they never dreamed they’d have to make, especially in the early days of the pandemic. Do I work and risk illness or possibly death, or expose my loved ones to the same? Do I stop working and possibly lose my home? If you own or run a business, do you remain open in an effort to keep your team employed or do you shut down to reduce the spread of disease?
There’s only one measure by which we can make…
Top 10 Perioperative Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Anaesthesiologists
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Davinder S. Ramsingh, MD
With the release on May 30, 2019 of the final report from the Federal government’s Pain Management Best Practises Inter-Agency Task Force, anaesthesiologists need specific case studies on how to implement recommendations in their hospitals. This OR Today article, published by Davinder S. Ramsingh, MD, Director of Research and Perioperative Ultrasound at Loma Linda University Medical Centre, Department of Anaesthesiology, shares ten applications of point-of-care ultrasound, a modality mentioned in Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) and Enhanced Recovery After…
New Government Recommendations Advance Interventional Approaches to Improve Pain Management
With the Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issuing a Request for Information on ways to address the treatment of acute and chronic pain, and the treatment of substance use disorders including opioid use disorder, it is an appropriate time to focus on new recommendations contained in a report issued by the U.S. Pain Management Best Practises Inter-Agency Task Force. These recommendations are aimed at increasing access to and greater use of interventional procedures for perioperative pain control. Interventional procedures include various non-opioid medications, ultrasound-…
Ready to Face the Pandemic: Sonosite PX Launches in a Moment of Crisis
This July, FUJIFILM Sonosite launched Sonosite PX, its newest ultrasound system, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Diku Mandavia, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of FUJIFILM Sonosite, sat down with sonographer and Sonosite’s Director of Marketing Development Jodi Miller to discuss how Sonosite’s newest ultrasound system can help frontline health care workers combat the pandemic and why Sonosite PX is uniquely suited for this global health crisis.
Jodi Miller:
Some people may be asking, “Why launch Sonosite PX now, in the middle of a global pandemic?” Is there anything specific…