Fujifilm Sonosite’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Diku Mandavia Interviewed by Health Exec Magazine

Dr. Diku Mandavia recently sat down to talk shop with Health Exec Magazine. As the Chief Medical Officer for both FUJIFILM Medical Systems and FUJIFILM Sonosite, Dr. Mandavia is a busy man. His path to his current role started in Canada (he went to med school in Newfoundland) and performed his residency at LAC+USC Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he recognized the value of ultrasound in the emergency medicine setting.
8 Ways to Avoid Central Line Placement Complications

Central line complications: they’re risky, costly, and all-around burden to healthcare. Whether it’s CLABSIs or iatrogenic pneumothoraces, CVC complications are not just terrifying for patients and unnerving for doctors; they are also costly for medical facilities.
Ultrasound Care for Endangered Species of Warty Pig [Video]
Veterinary patients can be such pigs. At the Pittsburgh Zoo, they are occasionally lethargic, critically endangered warty pigs.
Sonosite Patient Safety: Reducing Risk and Cost of Interventional Procedures

As point-of-care ultrasound becomes more common, hospital administrators across the world are understanding that bedside ultrasound can do more than provide patients with real-time diagnosis and increase satisfaction scores – it can also make patients safer.
As we travel across the United States at our Patient Safety Education events in cities like Houston, Atlanta and Seattle, Sonosite will be discussing solutions and strategies for increasing patient safety. We’re inviting
Fujifilm Design Studio: Sonosite SII Wins Silver at International Design Excellence Awards

Last year, Craig Chamberlain and his team of designers traveled around the world – over 101,964 miles, to be exact – meeting clinicians in hospitals and clinics to observe how they use point-of-care ultrasound.
Supporting Homeless Veterans with Sonosite iViz Portable Ultrasound

It’s one of the central pillars of the United States military: You don’t leave a fellow soldier behind.
That ethos pushed five Vietnam veterans, Jack Lyon, Bill Mahedy, Randy Waite, Paul Grasso, and Russ Kelly, to a breaking point in 1981 when they founded Vietnam Veterans of San Diego, a nationally recognized leader in serving homeless military veterans.
User Stories: Spreading Point-of-Care Ultrasound to the Philippines

West Virginia University Department of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound fellow, Kristine S. Robinson, M.D. is taking Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) to the international level by residing in Metro Manila, Philippines for a month, equipped with a Sonosite Edge machine from Sonosite’s Global Health Program.
LIG Global Uses Sonosite Ultrasound in the Dominican Republic

By Raghu Thunga, M.D., COO, LIG Global Foundation
LIG Global Foundation is a not-for-profit public global charity dedicated to helping provide proper healthcare to the underprivileged. In our recent trip to Dajabon in the Dominican Republic, we utilized the Sonosite portable ultrasound to assist our work.
Hospitals Must Integrate Imaging Technology to Avoid Cuts to Medicare Payment

In her View from the Hill article, Jill Rathbun of the Galileo Consulting Group summarizes the recent annual Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPac) report and explains how implementing a point of care ultrasound program can align health care delivery with the goals and themes of the report.
Education and the Sonosite iViz: Professor Alistair Royse

Professor Alistair Royse believes in the power of disruptive innovation.
The Sonosite iViz is playing a crucial role in his education programs.
At the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia, Cardiothoracic Surgeon Prof. Alistair Royse was one of the earliest adopters of the Sonosite iViz.
Mobility and the Sonosite iViz: Gold Coast University Hospital

Read how one of Australia’s largest emergency departments, the Gold Coast University Hospital is utilizing the Sonosite iViz.
Dr. Stuart Watkins works in one of the largest and busiest emergency departments in Australia averaging over 300 patients a day.
POC Ultrasound Testing Speeds Diagnosis, Safety at the Bedside

Physicians today face a multitude of ever evolving challenges, and one thing we’ve seen is an increase in the demand for educational sessions covering the latest in ultrasound. Dr.
Passion for Patient Care Revolutionizes Vascular Access

“Anyone who ever sat through nurses making multiple IV needle sticks understands the value of ultrasound-guided vascular access, but this goes much deeper than an annoying hour trying to draw a few vials of blood or an arm that is bruised for a day or two,” said Vascular Access Coordinator Matthew Ostroff. When St.
User Stories: Dr. David Bahner goes on an Antarctic adventure with Sonosite iViz

Dr. David Bahner (MD, RDMS, FACEP) is an emergency medicine physician in Ohio. He took a Sonosite ultrasound system along on an expedition to Antarctica.
Ultrasound Guidance Enables More Difficult Peripheral Vein Access
This Philly.com story on the advantages of ultrasound needle guidance and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's findings is not only informative but is written in a particularly engaging style accessible to a wide readership. An informed public goes a long way in helping to reinforce the value of clinical ultrasound's multiple benefits.
Here is an excerpt from the article by Philadelphia Inquirer staff writer Stacey Burling:
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Takes "One Small Step for Scan..."
Ultrasound researcher and Henry Ford Hospital physician Scott Dulchavsky, MD, PhD, was recently inducted into the National Space Technology Hall of Fame for techniques his team developed to empower point-of-care ultrasound. He is working with Sonosite to modify ultrasound training methods developed for the space program for point-of-care applications on Earth.
Rotterdam, Netherlands ambulance paramedics trained to diagnose AAA condition in transport

Amsterdam, 19th of January 2016.
[This is translated to English from the Netherland’s news paper]
The ambulances in Rotterdam Netherlands during the coming 5 months are equipped with ultrasound imaging that could be life saving with people with an AAA.
Interscalene Catheter with Google Glass by Dr. Brandon Winchester

Ultrasound in MSK

Dr. Byron Patterson, is a partner in Primary Care Sports Medicine in Tarzana California, recently visted Sonosite headquarters and gave a presentation to Sonosite employees about ultrasound applications in sports medicine.