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Sometimes We're the Bearers of Bad News
November 10, 2009 4:04 PM by Daniel Merton
I recently read an article in my local paper about "gender disappointment". That's the term given to wanting a baby of one gender but having the opposite and the feelings of sadness that result. I never realized how big a deal this can be for some parents. Read More...
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Breast Sonography: Not Just for "Cyst vs. Solid" Anymore
October 28, 2009 4:03 PM by Daniel Merton
Since October is both Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it seems fitting to extol the virtues of diagnostic medical sonography for breast applications. In the past, sonographic examinations of the breast were primarily Read More...
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Happy Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month!
October 21, 2009 10:30 AM by Daniel Merton
Although much of the public's attention is focused on October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as most of us know, its also Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month . That means its our chance to increase the public's knowledge about the field of sonography. Read More...
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Practice Due Diligence
October 14, 2009 2:54 PM by Daniel Merton
Its disturbing to read about students having a bad experience that could be avoided. Another diagnostic medical sonography program is the focus of a class-action complaint because it allegedly misrepresented its accreditation status. As reported in the Read More...
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It Just Makes Sense...And Saves Lives
September 25, 2009 12:14 PM by Daniel Merton
The title of the article read "Woman bleeds to death after doctor accidentally punctures jugular while inserting a drip - and no blood is available for transfusion"- clearly a tragic result of a relatively minor procedure gone terribly wrong. Two unfortunate Read More...
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Help for Sonographers to Get Credentialed
September 11, 2009 11:30 AM by Daniel Merton
SDMS Foundation's Sonography Certification Examination Grant Program As announced in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's August Newswave , the SDMS Foundation has recently announced that Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences will provide Read More...
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NJ Law to Restrict Sale of Ultrasound Equipment
August 30, 2009 9:23 PM by Daniel Merton
There is a bill in my home state of New Jersey that, if passed, will restrict the sale of ultrasound scanners. NJ Assembly Bill No. 3477 states: A person shall not sell, offer to sell, offer for promotional purposes, lease, or otherwise distribute in Read More...
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OB Patients Come Prepared
August 12, 2009 4:12 PM by Daniel Merton
From my experience performing OB scans, parents-to-be who want to know the gender of their baby outnumber those who don't. When my wife was pregnant neither of us gave it a second thought - we were going to know if we were having a boy or girl as soon Read More...
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Compact Scanners Continue to Drive Market
August 6, 2009 9:12 PM by Daniel Merton
A recently released medical ultrasound technology market report provides good news for manufacturers of ultrasound imaging (US) equipment. Sales of US scanners world wide is expected to reach $4.7 billion by the year 2012 with a particularly high demand Read More...
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Texas Law Requires Widespread Cardiovascular Screening
July 30, 2009 3:14 PM by Daniel Merton
A new Texas law requires coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans and duplex carotid sonography examinations for ALL men ages 45-75 and women ages 55-75, as well as anyone regardless of age who has diabetes or is considered at risk for heart disease. That Read More...
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Oregon Close to Requiring Licensure
July 16, 2009 3:34 PM by Daniel Merton
According to the June 30, 2009 issue of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography's newsletter Newswave , the Oregon Legislature has passed sonographer licensure legislation. The bill (HB 2245) , which addresses licensure for a variety of medical professions Read More...
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Biopsies at the Supermarket
July 9, 2009 10:10 AM by Daniel Merton
Researchers at Duke University are developing robotic technologies that they believe could change the way patients undergo ultrasound-guided diagnostic biopsies and other medical procedures. The team has been making steady progress with their inventions. Read More...
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Law Bans Entertainment OB Scans
June 29, 2009 11:01 AM by Daniel Merton
In my last post I described a bill that was pending in Connecticut that would ban businesses that provided entertainment obstetrical sonograms. As an update: Connecticut's Governor M. Jodi Rell last week signed the bill into law. According to a story Read More...
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Prescription Use Only
June 22, 2009 10:38 AM by Daniel Merton
Call it a victim of its own success: Vast improvements in the quality of images obtained with three- and four-dimensional ultrasound technology have contributed to the modality's wide-spread use for non-medical reasons or "entertainment OB scans." According Read More...
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Tele-Operated Sonography
June 4, 2009 10:21 AM by Daniel Merton
The internet has been utilized to enhance the delivery of health care services in a variety of ways. For example, the use of teleradiology has greatly improved access to diagnostic imaging interpretations and expert consultations. Using teleradiology Read More...
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    Daniel A. Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM
    Occupation: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
    Setting: Academic healthcare facility
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