1. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospitalists: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Kreegan Reierson, Gordon Johnson, Anna M. Maw, Linda Kurian, Tanping Wong, Benji K Mathews, Brian P. Lucas, Ria Dancel, David M. Tierney, Renee K. Dversdal, Daniel Schnobrich, Gregory Mints, Joel Cho, Charles M. LoPresti, Brandon Boesch, Nilam J. Soni, Carolina Candotti, Joshua D. Lenchus, Gigi Liu, Anjali Bhagra, Trevor Jensen, and Ricardo Franco-Sadud
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Position statement ,Leadership and Management ,Program management ,Point-of-Care Systems ,Assessment and Diagnosis ,Credentialing ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hospital Medicine ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Daily practice ,Internal Medicine ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Position Statement ,Care Planning ,Curriculum ,Societies, Medical ,Ultrasonography ,Medical education ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Point of care ultrasound ,Internship and Residency ,General Medicine ,Hospital medicine ,Hospitalists ,Fundamentals and skills ,business ,Residency training - Abstract
Many hospitalists incorporate point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into their daily practice to answer specific diagnostic questions or to guide performance of invasive bedside procedures. However, standards for hospitalists in POCUS training and assessment are not yet established. Most internal medicine residency training programs, the major pipeline for incoming hospitalists, have only recently begun to incorporate POCUS in their curricula. The purpose of this document is to inform a broad audience on what POCUS is and how hospitalists are using it. This document is intended to provide guidance for the hospitalists who use POCUS and administrators who oversee its use. We discuss POCUS 1) applications, 2) training, 3) assessments, and 4) program management. Practicing hospitalists must continue to collaborate with their local credentialing bodies to outline requirements for POCUS use. Hospitalists should be integrally involved in decision-making processes surrounding POCUS program management.
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- 2019