Dear Ultrasound Insider,
Imaging accreditation can be a challenging and tedious process for imaging departments. To help, a new article series from Judith Buckland of consulting firm CardioServ reviews the latest requirements on quality improvement from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, including updates for vascular ultrasound as well as adult and pediatric echocardiography.
Her latest column is our Insider Exclusive, which you can access before our regular members can. If you've missed parts 1 and 2 in the series, you can catch up by clicking here and here.
In other news in your Ultrasound Community, musculoskeletal ultrasound could avoid the need for shoulder MRI most of the time in adult patients with shoulder pain, according to researchers from the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital and the University of Wisconsin. Click here for the details.
An article this month from the July issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine reports that shear-wave elastography can noninvasively predict the presence of esophageal varices in patients with compensated cirrhosis. Click here to learn more.
How have breast density notification laws in the U.S. affected radiology practice? Many facilities are reacting with caution, according to California researchers. Associate Editor Kate Madden Yee has our coverage.
Finally, automated breast ultrasound can be an effective option for dense breast screening, according to researchers from the University of Chicago. And sonographer and AuntMinnie.com contributor Doug Wuebben recently shared how ultrasound caught his wife's breast cancer early. Thankfully, she is now cancer-free. Get the rest of the story by clicking here.
Is there a topic you'd like to see covered? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
