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ARDMS’s Single Physics Examination
June 24, 2008 9:32 AM by Daniel Merton

In case you haven't heard, the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) has announced that starting in Spring 2009, a new Sonography Principles and Instrumentation (SPI) examination will be made available. Before all of you who are Read More...

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Sonographer Salaries On the Rise
June 10, 2008 2:53 PM by Daniel Merton

I recently received the results of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's 2008 Sonographer Salary and Benefits Survey . Every few years the SDMS does a survey and provides its membership with the results---it's a nice benefit of being an SDMS Read More...

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Bubbles are Back!
May 16, 2008 8:41 AM by Daniel Merton

A change in the labeling of Definity and Optison is the direct result of concerted efforts by the echocardiology community. Chalk one up for the good guys! In a rare move, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to relax its warning Read More...

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Minimally Trained but Maximally Utilized
May 13, 2008 4:18 PM by Daniel Merton

At this year's Annual American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine conference, Dr. Brian Garra of the University of Vermont School of Medicine and long-time sonographer advocate made scientific a presentation entitled "Scan Protocols for Use by Nonmedical Read More...

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A New Electronic Leash
April 29, 2008 10:56 AM by Daniel Merton

Remember the days when the sonographer could go off on portables (toting a bundle of film cassettes) taking their own sweet time to wander around the hospital, do a few cases in the intensive care units, chat with the floor nurses and colleagues they Read More...

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The AIUM's EER Issues an RFP to Help Professionals Help Patients
April 17, 2008 3:50 PM by Daniel Merton

As sonographers and vascular technologists, it is in our interest for the medical community (as well as the general public) to recognize the benefits of our examinations. This includes the potential and real benefits diagnostic sonography offers as compared Read More...

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CARE Bill is Making Progress
April 4, 2008 9:03 AM by Daniel Merton

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography recently announced that the "Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy" (CARE bill; Senate 1042) recently passed the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Read More...

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A Valuable Web-based Tool For Us All
March 31, 2008 10:11 AM by Daniel Merton

Several years ago the topic of one of my ADVANCE for Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals articles was a hypothetical "eBay for Healthcare." In that column I described how potentially useful a feedback feature would be for patients to be able to Read More...

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Personal Laptop or Sonography Scanner?
March 26, 2008 12:41 PM by Daniel Merton

"Simply attach the probe to your laptop computer using a standard USB cable, install the software and you're ready to scan." That's the latest approach to providing highly affordable sonography scanners; ones that convert any personal laptop into a diagnostic Read More...

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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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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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I Need a New Job
January 11, 2008 4:43 PM by Daniel Merton

There have been a lot of discussions on various sonography forums and sites about sonographers and sonography students looking for ways to find a job. Fortunately, the current employment situation is favorable, and sonography professionals can pick and Read More...

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