Ultrasound Program Management: A Comprehensive Resource for Administrating Point-of-Care, Emergency, and Clinical Ultrasound

Description

This book addresses the wide range of issues that face the program leader – from how to choose a site and how to negotiate for equipment, to how to determine staffing requirements and how to anticipate and defuse possible turf issues with other programs and services in the hospital or healthcare facility. The early chapters of this book focus on the leadership of your program whether in your department or institution. The second section centers on education at all levels recognizing that smaller machines have made ultrasound available for medical students to advanced practitioners. The third section provides detailed logistics on equipment, maintenance, and safety. The fourth section focuses on a quality improvement program and includes a chapter on the workflow process. For those with limited budgets we also offer a section on practical operating and educational solutions. The fifth section offers insight into hospital level credentialing, quality assurance, national politics, and recent issues with accreditation. This is followed by reimbursement and coding. The last section covers topics in specialized communities. Chapters focus on ultrasound in global health, emergency medical services, pediatrics, critical care, community and office based practices. Multiple US working documents including checklists, graphs, spreadsheets, tables, and policy appendices are included. Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Initial Approach to Ultrasound Management: Making Ultrasound Meaningful from the Start (Vivek S. Tayal)....Pages 1-13 Ultrasound Director (Michael Blaivas)....Pages 15-28 Job Search and Contract Negotiations (Laura Oh)....Pages 29-36 Institutional Point of Care Ultrasound (Gerardo Chiricolo, Vicki E. Noble)....Pages 37-43 Introductory Education (Brian B. Morgan, John L. Kendall)....Pages 45-55 Continuing Education (Molly E. W. Thiessen, Resa E. Lewiss)....Pages 57-68 Undergraduate Ultrasound Education (David P. Bahner, Nelson A. Royall)....Pages 69-90 Residency Ultrasound Education (Laura Nolting, Thomas Cook)....Pages 91-102 Ultrasound Fellowship Programs (Christopher C. Raio, Srikar Adhikari)....Pages 103-113 Point of Care Ultrasound Issues for Advanced Practice Providers and Nursing Programs (Eric J. Chin, Shane M. Summers)....Pages 115-125 Simulation Medicine (Bret P. Nelson, Dan Katz)....Pages 127-144 Ultrasound Equipment and Purchase (Rachel Liu, Christopher L. Moore, Vivek S. Tayal)....Pages 145-176 Ultrasound Equipment Maintenance (Andreas Dewitz)....Pages 177-224 Ultrasound Associated Materials and Equipment (Matthew Lipton, Robinson M. Ferre)....Pages 225-241 Ultrasound Safety and Infection Control (Jason T. Nomura, Arun D. Nagdev)....Pages 243-267 Ultrasound Quality Improvement (Patrick S. Hunt, Christopher David Wilbert, Zachary T. Grambos)....Pages 269-279 Workflow and Middleware (Christopher J. Bryczkowski, Mark W. Byrne)....Pages 281-299 Practical Operating and Educational Solutions (Petra E. Duran-Gehring, Alfredo Tirado-Gonzalez)....Pages 301-316 Politics of Point of Care Ultrasound (Paul R. Sierzenski)....Pages 317-328 Credentialing and Privileging (Robert Jones)....Pages 329-335 Accreditation in Point of Care Ultrasound (Michael P. Mallin)....Pages 337-343 Point of Care Ultrasound Reimbursement and Coding (Jessica R. Goldstein, Stanley Wu)....Pages 345-374 Global Medicine Perspectives (Sachita P. Shah)....Pages 375-384 Pediatric-Specific Point of Care US Management (Jennifer R. Marin)....Pages 385-395 Ultrasound in Disaster and Pre-hospital Use (Haley Cochrane, Heidi H. Kimberly)....Pages 397-408 Community Ultrasound (Rajesh N. Geria, Robert J. Tillotson)....Pages 409-422 Critical Care Medicine (Aliaksei Pustavoitau, Erik Su)....Pages 423-438 Primary Care (Apostololos P. Dallas)....Pages 439-448 Back Matter ....Pages 449-609