Zedu Weekly Wrap - 13 September 2024

This week we start with a serious matter for rural and remote practitioners…

as we have been made aware that the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is undertaking a consultation on the National Safety and Quality Medical Imaging (NSQMI) Standards. These standards will replace the Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation Scheme (DIAS) Standards.

As we understand it, the proposed new standards will significantly increase the accreditation burden (and subsequently the cost) faced by rural and remote physicians who wish to get a Location Specific Provider Number (LSPN) assocaited with the billing for the utilisation of point of care ultrasound.

This will ultimately present a significant barrier to the use of ultrasound, and inievitably impact patient care. This is a significant proposed change, so we encourage you to look at the consultation process and lodge your views here.

In FOAM ultrasound news of the week take a look at:

Melody Herman’s (@anesthesiadocmd) video on “Is that a Pneumothorax? International Evidence-Based Recommendations for Lund POCUS” presented as ESRA2024 (7 September)
Perez et al in @JCM_MDPI on “Critical Care Ultrasound in Shock: A Comprehensive Review of Ultrasound Protocol for Hemodynamic Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit” (10 September)
Carolynne Cormack (@cazcormack) in BMC Medical Education on “Competencies required by sonographers teaching ultrasound interprofessionally: a Delphi consensus study” (7 September)

Checking out now – and please do look at the ACSQHC consultation.

See you next week.

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13 September

@CJCJournals

A Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study to Identify High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attack/Minor Stroke Patients Benefiting from Echocardiography

12 September

Do you want to play a game?

Consistent with findings in similar research, gamification in O&G education boosts learner engagement, knowledge retention, and practical skills.

What are your experiences? Let’s chat…https://t.co/vSdTqfgCrU #ultrasound #ultrasoundtraining #POCUS pic.twitter.com/WKW8z8njgp

— Zedu Ultrasound Training @zedunow@med-mastodon.com (@zedunow) September 12, 2024

(1/x) I use #POCUS almost every day in clinical practice after my #pocus fellowship.

Here’s my top tips for anyone learning or using #pocus 👇

(Including how I would learn #pocus if I was starting over without mentorship…)

A 🧵#medtwitter #foamed #foamcc #echofirst pic.twitter.com/MAggP2riMW

— Ross Prager (@ross_prager) September 11, 2024

“The role of echocardiography in managing critically ill patients has grown. Many intensivists use #POCUS in their routine evaluation of patients.”

Read our #EchoMagazine article, “What Does an Intensivist Want on an Echo Exam?” https://t.co/bxYuXWCVkF pic.twitter.com/VL7CeGCB15

— American Society of Echocardiography (@ASE360) September 11, 2024

11 September

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Intravascular imaging-guided versus angiography-guided percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

10 September

@JCM_MDPI

Critical Care Ultrasound in Shock: A Comprehensive Review of Ultrasound Protocol for Hemodynamic Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit

@BioMedCentral

Continuing professional development for primary care physicians: a pre-post study on lung point-of-care ultrasound curriculum

@Applsci

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for Oncological Ultrasound Image Analysis: A Systematic Review

9 September

Ultrasound Int Open

Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Morphological Changes in Peripheral Nerves after Traumatic Injury and Nerve Repair – A Prospective Study

8 September

Ultraschall Med

Safety of contrast-enhanced ultrasound using microbubbles in human pregnancy: A scoping review

7 September

EMCrit 383 brings on @PratsEM to discuss the Ultrasound Hierarchy of Needs during Cardiac Arrest.
POCUS Pulse Checks
Differential Dx
and so much more
[#FOAMed]https://t.co/ufuSTzcgVC pic.twitter.com/xlV22rmQi7

— the EMCrit Crew (@emcrit) September 6, 2024

“Ultrasound for body composition: a narrative review”, un artículo que acabamos de publicar revisando la utilidad de la #POCUS en los diferentes aspectos de la composición corporal 👇https://t.co/CPxsxpCB6X

Orgullosos de aportar desde el @santamarinaospi en este artículo 🤗 pic.twitter.com/fizPgGpCbK

— Samuel García Rubio (@SonoSamMD) September 7, 2024

Honored to present my video “Is That A Pneumothorax? International Evidence-Based Recommendations for Lung POCUS” at the #ESRA2024 Educational Video Competition! Learn lung #POCUS and contribute to better patient care 🫁

YouTube 🔗⬇️ https://t.co/AYEnhX0yRP pic.twitter.com/pxX4SUQhXq

— Melody Herman, MD (@anesthesiadocmd) September 6, 2024

@WFUMB

Deep Learning Based Shear Wave Detection and Segmentation Tool for Use in Point-of-Care for Chronic Liver Disease Assessments