Evelyn, the end of my answer is that I'm not sure. One could take the various stages of some dobutamine echoes to calculate stroke volumes and see whether you...
Our hospital runs adenosine and exercise stress tests with nurse practioners, if the physicians permit it. A few of the physicians are also letting nurse...
Hello, Christy, There are several very good books I could recommend but I think you would get the most benefit from a self published one from SUSAN DEWITT,...
We currently have ProSolv in our institution. We do not currently have the 4.0 release which is what is on demo at the various trade shows, etc. I have to...
You may want to check is out: http://ultralinq.com/ It's a very low-cost and easy to use Digital echo for images, clips and reports. There's no hardware to...
Bill Phillips
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Mar 3, 2009 2:11 pm
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In our hospital registered nurses and an EKG tech perform all of our stress and regular treadmills tests without cardiologists in the room. Most of our stress...
We have our Cardiac RN's running the stress tests. The physician makes an initial visit to talk with the patient. The physician is in a room very close with...
Catania, Kathleen
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Mar 3, 2009 2:12 pm
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We do all of the Stress Echo’s and Stress Nuclear without MD in the room. It is called DIRECT SUPERVISION. They have to be in the facility but not in the...
Hogan, Candy
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Mar 3, 2009 2:13 pm
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Ed how many of your patients have coded on a treadmill? Just courious? From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com [mailto:echocardiography@yahoogroups.com] On...
Hogan, Candy
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Mar 3, 2009 2:17 pm
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... From: "Hogan, Candy" <candy.hogan@...> To: <echocardiography@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:53 AM Subject: RE:...
Our company uses ultralinq.com. There is not enough great things I can say about them! From our sonographer's uploading to the server, to the reports, our...
Do you think there is an advantage to using the optical capture or the structured report to transfer the data elements into the system? We are having problems...
Just to emphasize what Candy Hogan said, (at least as of two years ago when I was still working in the U.S.) stress testing is described by Medicare/Medicaid...
Candy, Not picking on you, just replying to the last person who wrote about doing the tests. For all of you who are doing the stress tests, I assume the...
Sigh... Measurement transfer is a very big problem. The number of variables is huge, making locked-down workflow standardization an absolute must. Here's the...
It has been a while since I did treadmills but we used the 85% THR as an indicator that the test results would be reliable, not that it was time to end the...
In our lab we (the Cardiologist and myself) never use the cut test off at 85% max hr criteria. I perform over 95% of all treadmills and stress Echos in our...
Just wondering if there is any hiring anywhere in US for echo tech? Regret moving from CA to CO to buy a house. Can't find echo tech position with the economy...
Look on ultrasoundjobs.com there's always something out there ... From: echocardiography@yahoogroups.com [mailto:echocardiography@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
We have positions for Echo techs who would be willing to relocate to Ontario,Canada. as well,if there are any cardiologists who may be dually certified CDN and...
Check Monster.com and hot jobs and iHireRadiology. I thought I saw University Hospital in Denver was recruiting for techs about 1 month back. ... From:...
If your vendor has a good system, the can account for the various ways of taking measurements. I think SR is most reliable, but, again, if the vendor has a...
I agree , indeed is a great source for jobs. I recently ( within 4 weeks ) got 6 interviews from postings on indeed. Another great way to find unposted...
Independent contract echovascular sonographer who enjoys working with accreditation and has many years of experience in accreditation including the tough...