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IAC’s New Sonographer Credentialing Requirement

ECHO AND VASCULAR LABS – ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW SONOGRAPHER CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS?
As you may be aware in January 2017 the latest changes to the Echo and Vascular accreditation standards as set forth by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission become effective. We have discussed the changes to the Quality Improvement Program in recent blogs. In this blog we will cover the changes to the sonographer credentialing and training requirements.

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Aunt Minnie Feature Article: Imaging Accreditation with Quality and Ease Part 4

While vital for high-quality care, accreditation can be challenging and sometimes tedious for imaging departments. To help, this series of articles offers some tips for how to comply with the latest Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Quality Improvement (QI) requirements.

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Aunt Minnie Feature Article: Imaging Accreditation with Quality and Ease Part 3

While vital for high-quality care, imaging accreditation can be challenging and sometimes tedious for imaging departments. To help, this article series offers some tips for how to comply with the latest Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Quality Improvement (QI) requirements with quality and ease.

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Aunt Minnie Feature Article: Imaging Accreditation with Quality and Ease Part 2

While vital for high-quality care, accreditation can be challenging and sometimes tedious for imaging departments. To help, this article series will offer some tips for how to comply with the latest Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Quality Improvement (QI) requirements with quality and ease. We will focus on interpretive quality and report completeness.

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Aunt Minnie Feature Article: Imaging Accreditation with Quality and Ease: Part 1

While vital for high-quality care, accreditation can be challenging and sometimes tedious for imaging departments. To help, this new article series will offer some tips for how to comply with the latest Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Quality Improvement (QI) requirements with quality and ease, more specifically with test appropriateness and technical quality.

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4 Steps to Mastering the Correct Way to Measure the LA Volume

In recent blogs we have reviewed the correct techniques for measuring the size of the left ventricle and the aorta. This week we will review the correct way to measure the left atrium. The updated standards on chamber quantification, released last year by the American Society of Echocardiography, provided new information and guidelines on correct measurement of the left atrium. There was a huge change to the reference range of the left atrial size.

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