This week starts off our diastolic function blog series with our guest blog writer, Michael Owen! We introduced our followers to him last week- if you missed it, you can find it here! Our goal for this blog is to have a basic understanding of the normal ejection fraction (EF) algorithm for evaluating diastolic function!
This week we are kicking off the diastolic function guideline series, hosted by our guest blog writer Michael Owen! But first, we need to cover the basics on ‘how-to‘ acquire the measurements needed to evaluate for diastolic function.
Wow, we made it! CardioServ celebrates 10 years! Thank you, to all our readers, clients and of course my amazing team! Enjoy our short celebration video. On Saturday October 14, we gathered with family and friends to celebrate our success. Thank you to the amazing staff at The Hibiscus House. The courtyard reception was beautiful, what an amazing location and fantastic place to gather with friends. It was hard to condense an entire magical evening into 2-1/2 minutes. Enjoy the video…
CardioServ loves promoting organizations and individuals that share our values of inspiring excellence. I interviewed EchoToday’s founder Michael Owen to find out more about his development of an app to advance workflow within imaging labs. Michael has mastered diastolic function evaluation and has found a way to simplify diastolic assessment with an app, allowing sonographers and physicians to quickly evaluate diastolic function.
Most people dread accreditation! The paperwork and the time is a drag! “How do you enjoy this?” is a question I hear often! I will let you in on a secret. Accreditation is a lot easier than people know! In addition, the entire team at IAC (Intersocietal Accreditation Commission) are phenomenal to work with! I wanted to spread the word that accreditation does not have to be as difficult as many make it! The IAC are not the echo police but rather friendly, smart and extremely helpful kind people. We interviewed Sue Jensen, a Senior Clinical Specialist at the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission to discuss the culture at IAC and to gain some insight on the accreditation process. We addressed common misconceptions about the accreditation process including delayed status, non-compliant staff and many other pearls of wisdom.
Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM) is held annually in October to create awareness of the role diagnostic medical sonographers play in the medical community and to educate the public about medical ultrasound and its many uses in healthcare. We would like to recognize and thank the many individuals that work tirelessly, day-in and day-out, to provide the highest level of care to their patients. We have found that many healthcare providers are unaware of the skill and dedication required to excel in ultrasound. Ultrasound remains one of the few diagnostic imaging modalities that relies so heavily on the skill of the operator!
Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month (MUAM) is held annually in October to create awareness of the role diagnostic medical sonographers play in the medical community and to educate the public about medical ultrasound and its many uses in healthcare. CardioServ would like to recognize and thank the many individuals that work tirelessly, day-in and day-out, to provide the highest level of care to their patients. We have found that many healthcare providers are unaware of the skill and dedication required to excel in ultrasound. Ultrasound remains one of the few diagnostic imaging modalities that relies so heavily on the skill of the operator! Thank you!
Everything we do at CardioServ is driven by our passion to to inspire excellence in imaging. The fun we have as a company is finding the best channels to accomplish this mission! We believe that collectively as a community we can all help each other to be better. It is this belief that has inspired us to create our industry spotlight series. We will introduce you to like-minded individuals that share our vision. This week we will introduce you to STARSS (Specialty Training & Advanced Review Sonographer Services) and share how they are working to help you be your very best!
Last week we walked through a case study demonstration, using the ASE’s chronic mitral regurgitation (MR) algorithm. This week, we have another case study to present– let’s see how you quantify the severity of MR!
We are all about knocking the ball out of the park, when it comes to goals. This summer we posted a position for an intern. The mission…..if they dared to accept … was to impact our social media campaigns within 12 weeks of walking through the door. Pratik Doshi accepted the mission and then proceeded to surpass every goal!! Pratik Doshi joined our CardioServ family over the summer. Within this short time Pratik quickly became part of our team. He started his intern by spending a week with us in our office, here in West Palm Beach. Pratik met the team and even had the opportunity to meet some of our clients when he joined us at an educational lecture we presented at JFK Medical Center.
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