I presume that you have talked to your medical director. Do they expect the sonographer to both pass the scope and then acquire all the views himself? Or is...
Hello All, Just carrying out a survey and would like your input on How many echo cases do you do in 8 hr shift and 12 hr shift in a day in the Hospital and at...
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Shafullah Serdari
shafullahs@...
Dec 7, 2009 9:33 pm
Dear Dave,  You have valid points and it seems very scary for us to be there. Unfortunately from my knowledge there is to clear guidelines in our country...
Thank you for your concern.I am also a cardiac technician from one of the Malaysia private health care,when we had the JCI accredited ,it was clear that in...
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Mina Tohid
mina.tohid@...
Dec 7, 2009 9:35 pm
Does anyone do Mobile diagnostic Echo and Vascular and Ultrasound?...
I am correctly reminded by a member of this forum that my warning below about being "criminally and civially" responsible may or may not apply in this...
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Hogan, Candy
candy.hogan@...
Dec 8, 2009 5:53 am
1 hour per study with full digital preliminary report that turns into completed report if agreed by the Cardiologist with any change they do digitally. We do...
Jeff Dougherty *Imaging Consultant* * * Patriot Medical Systems 101 W Argonne, # 241 St. Louis, MO 63122 USA Phone: 888.828.7468 Cell: 314.504.0280 Fax:...
By ICAEL standards you should allow no less then 45 minutes per study. We schedule our OP studies for 60 minutes. This allows for schedule/registration issues...
On an average day I will do 21 studies.....1/2 hour for stress echo and dobutamine stress, 15 min for echo, 15 min for carotid,15 min for AAA, 20 min for...
Anyone know how much medicare pays per echo now? ... From: Sean Voss <ssv15760_2000@...> Subject: [echocardiography] How much does medicare now pay per...
Would like opinions on if this is a quadricuspid aortic valve.. I am convinced that it is. It was read as "possible quadricuspid" and another doc believes...
I perform vascular (carotid, aorta, arterial and venous ultrsaounds)as well as echo studies. I don't have a set schedule because I do the studies after the...
Nice pics, I would say without a doubt that it is quadricuspid. I dont think its a raphe, in my opinion, you can clearly see 4 cusps opening all 4 being...
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Joel D
joeldykstra_@...
Dec 8, 2009 4:32 pm
I have seen one quadricuspid AV in 8 years. I remember spending a ton of time on it trying to prove it wasn't and in the end it was a true quadricusp. I...
I respectfully must say that I don't believe you are doing a quality echo if you are spending only 15 minutes on it. In these 15 minutes are you including ...
Sorry, little off topic question What is the rationale of recovery phase in treadmill stress test. In recovery phase speed of treadmill decreases while...
I work for Core Sound Imaging, our company provides a web-based PACS system for physicians and sonographers throughout the U.S. We have a high volume of...
I do not assess valve areas on normal valves, I always try and get PA pressure, always assess for diastolic dysfunction, always check for AAA, always check...
I agree with Jim. I do believe each echo should be done differently, base on indication, your finding during procedure, reader's preference, etc but not time....
Hi This is from the American College of Cardiology website. This is the 2009 schedule. Starting Jan 2010 there will be an additional 10 percent reduction and...
I work in a hospital setting and normally have between 6-11 Echos and/or TEE's a day. This includes in-patient and out-patients. Our time slots for...
We are starting the process for purchasing a new digital archive and reporting system for our Echo/vascular lab as well as Cath lab imaging. I am looking for...
We were trying to find a paper that had some guidelines for performing Simpson's biplane to generate an EF in patients with A.fib. We have found nothing in...
I thought this might be helpful with regard to the current Medicare reimbursement. House passes SGR repeal; action to halt 21.2 percent cut now moves to Senate...
The last sentence speaks volumes. The echo studies should be billed as limited studies. If they are being billed as full studies this is fraud. ... Mark...
me too fully agree that this is a real quadricuspid valve. It's rare, but I've seen some of them. Nice pictures! Chiara Lestuzzi,MD Cardiology Unit Centro di...
I agree with Jim. No one can do a quality echo with full assessment in 15minutes, even the normal echo.I am also facing this problem, and am stressed by the...
I have to agree, fifteen minutes per study is pretty unrealistic. I understand that an echo in an office setting goes much faster than in a hospital setting...
