Vivek S. Tayal, MD, FACEP

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC, USA

Michael Blaivas, MD, FACEP, FAIUM

University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Columbia, SC, USA

Troy Foster, MD, FACEP

Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge, IL, USA

The first guide on how to establish an ultrasound program

Edited and written by faculty of the popular ACEP course

Addresses a 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

Initial Approach to Ultrasound Management: Making Ultrasound Meaningful from the Start.- Ultrasound Director.- Job Search and Contract Negotiations.- Institutional Point of Care Ultrasound.- Introductory Education.- Continuing Education.- Undergraduate Ultrasound Education.- Residency Ultrasound Education.- Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Programs.- Point of Care Ultrasound Issues for Advanced Practice Providers and Nursing Programs.- Simulation Medicine.- Ultrasound Equipment and Purchase.- Ultrasound Equipment Maintenance.- Ultrasound associated materials and equipment.- Ultrasound Safety and Infection Control.- Ultrasound QA.- Workflow and Middleware.- Practical Operating and Educational Solutions.- Politics of Point of Care Ultrasound.- Credentialing and Privileging.- Accreditation in POC US.- Point of Care Ultrasound Reimbursement and Coding.- Global Medicine Perspectives.- Pediatric-specific Point-of-care US Management.- Ultrasound in Disaster and pre-hospital use.- Community Ultrasound.- Critical Care Medicine.- Primary Care.