February 2008 - Posts

And You Thought You Were Finished Taking Tests…
February 26, 2008 8:07 AM by Daniel Merton

The American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) has recently announced that they are in the early stages of developing a recertification process for its registrants. In other words, sonography professionals that are ARDMS registered will, Read More...

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Accountability?
February 21, 2008 8:12 AM by Daniel Merton

Have you heard about the up-coming Medicare "do-not-pay" policy? Its basic concept is that hospitals will not be reimbursed by Medicare for expenses that result from their own mistakes. Let's say a surgical sponge is left in a patient (I know--this never Read More...

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Let’s Teach and Learn From Each Other
February 14, 2008 10:04 AM by Daniel Merton

I've written before about the expanding use of sonography for a wide range of new clinical applications combined with the aging population leading to increased demand for sonography services. This is great for sonographers as it provides us with ample Read More...

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What are the Hot Topics of 2008?
February 8, 2008 1:40 PM by Daniel Merton

Sonography is such a dynamic profession that, like personal computers, new technological developments seem to spur changes in practice every few months (well, maybe not quite that often, but you get the idea). There are a lot of new things happening in Read More...

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Only in the Movies?
February 5, 2008 1:00 PM by Daniel Merton

The new comedy "Juno" about a young woman with an unplanned pregnancy has been the recent focus of several on-line discussions in several sonography forums for its apparently negative depiction of an "ultrasound technician." Some sonographers have suggested Read More...

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Sonography Puts the Kibosh on a Pregnancy Scam
February 1, 2008 2:10 PM by Daniel Merton

From the strange but true category: According to an article in the Beufort Gazzette a woman and her companion were soliciting donations to help support their soon-to-be delivered quintuplets. The pair received media attention and duped individuals as Read More...

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