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 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. …

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... …

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. …

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 Centre, and on the wards of CHUK. …

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. …

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. …

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. …

Update from the Penn Doctor who went to Liberia to treat Ebola

Report from an Ebola treatment center in Liberia from Dr. Trish Henwood. …

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. …

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. …

Bringing Health Care to Remote Communities

Watch our 6 part series, coming soon. …

Getting the Edge on Diagnosis

Part 1 of our compelling 6 part series. …

Gustavino's story

Part 2 of our compelling 6 part series. …

Mind's eye view

Part 3 of our compelling 6 part series. …

Spreading the Vision

Part 4 of our compelling 6 part series. …

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. …

More 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. …

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. …

Nomination for GSMA: Best Mobile Innovation for Health

"FUJIFILM Sonosite Inc. is honored to share the GSMA Best Mobile Innovation for Health nomination with Trice Imaging and congratulates both teams for working together and championing a  successful trial with support from Qualcomm Wireless Reach and Sony. …