What Is The Importance Of The Doctor-Patient Relationship? The relationship between a doctor and their patient is extremely important. Patients want to feel that their healthcare team not only listens to their concerns, but provides expert advice and diagnosis. They want to feel that treatment options are based on a strong understanding of their condition.… Continue reading Building the Doctor-Patient Relationship With Practical Visualization Tools
Value-based care might be a big focus in the industry but reducing healthcare costs is still a major priority for leaders who are dealing with tight margins and fee-for-service contracts as well. Solutions such as handheld ultrasound have demonstrated cost-saving benefits for both patients and providers. A Tool to Help Lower Healthcare Costs: A Win… Continue reading A New Hero In Reducing Healthcare Costs: Handheld Ultrasound
Patients visiting their physician with right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain may have vague symptoms that are difficult to diagnose. A condition that physicians commonly check for is gallstones, but it is difficult to reliably diagnose with a physical exam and review of medical history alone. Bedside handheld ultrasound is an option for providers who are… Continue reading Handheld Ultrasound for Gallstones Improves Physician Effectiveness
Handheld ultrasound may present the opportunity to help physicians further engage their patients, which is why some are evaluating adding it to their practices. After all, having another diagnostic tool is appealing to healthcare providers looking to improve patient care. However, bringing in this new technology requires the right type of ultrasound training to get… Continue reading Embrace Handheld Ultrasound Training to Expand Patient Engagement
Director of Cardiac Imaging, Bill Shirkey, shares his experience with using handheld ultrasound. The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, and there’s a new risk factor impacting the heart: COVID-19. Patients with underlying heart disease or diabetes are at higher risk of severe illness for COVID-19. Because of this, ultrasound of the… Continue reading In Good Hands: This Handheld Ultrasound Tool Is Helping Healthcare Providers Monitor COVID-19 Patients With Cardiac Conditions
Dyspnea, the sudden and severe shortness of breath, is a frequent presentation in the emergency department and, notably, is one of the most common reasons for hospital visits. There is a broad range of dyspnea causes — including cardiac, pulmonary, metabolic or shock — making it difficult for ED physicians to diagnose and treat the… Continue reading Determining the Cause of Dyspnea with the Help of Handheld Ultrasound
The handheld ultrasound exam offers incredible potential for today’s primary care physicians (PCPs) — it can, and should, be used as a key diagnostic tool. According to a study in The World Book of Family Medicine, “Ultrasonography should be a diagnosis tool beside the stethoscope in the general practitioner office … the two instruments should… Continue reading How a Handheld Ultrasound Exam Could Help in Three Scenarios
Prenatal ultrasound appointments are usually simple and happy affairs for expecting mothers. But, there are times during a woman’s pregnancy when her physician might need fast access to fetal ultrasound images. When a pregnant woman experiences complications like bleeding or pain, handheld ultrasound could be a valuable tool to quickly diagnose problems and assist… Continue reading Need Fast Access To Fetal Ultrasound Images? Handheld Ultrasound Could Be The Answer
Many primary care physicians (PCPs) work in regions that lack access to cardiology outpatient clinics. But even for those areas that do have access, patients may have to wait before they’re able to have their echocardiogram done in-clinic. One solution is for the PCP to perform a cardiac exam using handheld ultrasound and an off-site… Continue reading The Use of Handheld Ultrasound by PCPs for Cardiac Examinations
When it comes to the best quality patient care, the physical exam is a fundamental factor. Providers glean a great deal of information this way, but using handheld ultrasound to visualize non-visible parts of the body might be a powerful clinical complement. In many cases, having handheld ultrasound available might also be the key to… Continue reading Handheld Point of Care Ultrasound: Why Having it is Important
