Bringing Health Care to Remote Communities
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First Ever European Ultrafest: Maribor, Slovenia
Last Year UCI, held the first ever Sonosite supported Ultrafest. Then it expanded to Stanford and TJU with resounding success. Last weekend, it went to Europe with the first Ultrafest in Maribor, Slovenia.
User Stories: Taking Ultrasound to Mongolia
Ingrid Yuile, an accredited ultrasound educator and medical sonographer with 7 years of experience scanning in hospitals and private clinics across the country, took her training skills and Sonosite EDGE to the steppes of Mongolia and found a country of beauty and complexity. This is her story:
“In June 2015, I set off with 8 intrepid emergency physicians to teach emergency medicine to Mongolian doctors across a range disciplines.
Notes From the Front of the Ebola Fight in Africa
After spending five weeks working in an Ebola treatment unit, Dr Trish Henwood is going back for a second tour fighting Ebola in Africa.
Natividad wins Trauma II designation
Surgical services staff applauds at a ceremony on Monday marking Natividad Medical Center's designation as a Level II Trauma Center for Monterey County. To help them in their work, trauma center staff has 51 pieces of new equipment. Walls singles out Sonosite portable ultrasound as one of his favorite pieces of equipment.:
Sonosite portable ultrasound machine.
How Sonosite is Helping to Fight Ebola
From ground zero of the Ebola outbreak – Dr.Trish Henwood is on a medical mission to better understand the pathophysiology of the disease and her Sonosite ultrasound has already been proven invaluable. It is pioneer physicians like Trish that will allow the global medical community to get a grasp on this devastating illness and with our support she is actually making that happen.
Sonosite Supports PURE in Uganda
As one of our global initiatives, Sonosite is proud to support PURE with M-Turbo equipment. Its portability and resilience make it a perfect solution when travelling to resource-limited environments.
Updates From the Ebola Fight in Liberia
Report from an Ebola treatment center in Liberia from Dr. Trish Henwood.
The evidence is stacking up. POC ultrasound is a game changer.
How an old technology became a disruptive innovation
TEDMED 2014: Resa Lewiss, Directorof Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, explains why and how ultrasound at the bedside became a game changer for clinical care. This 6 minute video talks about situations where lives were changed as a result of Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Follow the link.
Morocco - Mobile Ultrasound Update
If you have not read our previous blog The Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol, I highly recommend that you follow the link: The Morocco Mobile Ultrasound Patrol It is a solution driven article, inspiring all POC ultrasound technicians to reach beyond the day to day borders that we usually work in. It highlights a united effort between Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Trice Imaging Inc., FUJIFILM Sonosite Inc., and Sony.
From Volume to Value
Finance leaders should understand the drivers of cost and quality in their organizations, including how best to make cost-effective use of technologies.
Sonosite working in Rwanda with the PURE team
This past March three PURE traveled to Rwanda to teach point of care ultrasound to 15 internal medicine resident trainees as well as 11 general practitioners working in the emergency department at the country’s main government teaching and referral hospital. The teaching took place at the Centre Hospitalier Universitarie de Kigali (CHUK) Simulation Center, and on the wards of CHUK.
Penn doctor prepares to fight Ebola in Liberia
This is such an inspiring story! Trish Henwood, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, will travel to Liberia to work with the International Medicine Corps treating Ebola.
Ultrasound: The Swiss-army-knife-of-health-care.
Ultrasound: The Swiss-army-knife-of-health-care. Medical Students sharpen your transducers and come to Stanford ULTRAfest! Stanford is center of diagnostic ultrasound research, education and training. On Oct. 18, the school will host ULTRAfest, a full day of free ultrasound instruction open to any medical...
The Magic of Ultrasound at C-Booth (LA County/University of Southern California)
What happens when you combine Sonosite ultrasound technology, C booth, and enthusiastic medical students? You find the inspiration for an enhanced medical education.
More than 1000 Preventable Deaths Each Day in the US Health Care System
FUJIFILM SONOSITE APPLAUDS US SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON THE NEED TO ADDRESS PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN US HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
The Value of Visualization
What are the benefits of ultrasound?
Steve Miller, Vice President of Product Realization at Sonosite
Steve Miller discusses his experiences as the Vice President of Product Realization at Sonosite
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Morocco Trial Shows Remote Ultrasound Can Expand Access and Improve Maternal Care
Every day around the world, approximately 800 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Of those deaths, 40% are due to injuries or conditions related to placenta complications. The only way to detect abnormal placenta challenges is through an ultrasound exam.