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INTERVIEW

In Conversation With… Richard Hoppmann, MD

Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Safety and Utility, June 2018

Dr. Hoppmann is the Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Ultrasound Institute of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He founded and served as the first President of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education. We talked to him about safety and usability of point-of-care ultrasound.

PERSPECTIVE

Safety Considerations in Building a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Program

Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Safety and Utility, June 2018

Chris Moore, MD

This piece highlights how point-of-care ultrasound can improve and expedite diagnosis and advocates for having an individual responsible for overseeing point-of-care ultrasound use within a health care delivery organization.

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