For cardiovascular sonographers, you have a choice between attempting the ARDMS registry echocardiography and vascular ultrasound registries or taking the registries through CCI. Technically both are considered satisfactory for CMS/Medicare purposes and for ultrasound & echocardiography accreditation purposes. What is your preference and why? Have you found that employers prefer one registry organization over another? We are preparing a salary survey for ultrasonographers to tell us which credential pays more. Tell us your thoughts, take our brief survey today!  http://www.allaboutultrasound.com/salary-survey.html
 
 
For our OB/GYN Sonographers: How do you handle it when parents-to-be are so focused on the gender of their baby that they forget they are having their ultrasound to determine the health of their baby?  So many times parents can be so excited and only want to know the sex of their baby. This can make it difficult to focus on the anatomical survey you as the sonographer are there to perform. How do you handle this professionally? Also, for those times when there is actually something wrong with the baby, then what? How do you maintain your professionalism as a sonographer, but still make it clear that your focus is not the baby's gender?
 
 
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Can you identify the pathology in this echocardiography clip?
 
 
Ultrasound Accreditation and/or sonographer credentialing requirements are already in effect in many states and soon will be required for reimbursement of exams. Is your ultrasound lab accredited? If not, are the sonographers in your department registered? How is your lab preparing for the upcoming accreditation requirements?
 
 
How in depth does your echocardiography department go to classify the grade of LV diastolic dysfunction? Do you perform tissue Doppler? Do you grade by E/e' ratio? Do you sample tissue Doppler at only the lateral wall or also include the septal wall?
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How would you adjust your ultrasound settings to go about proving this diagnosis? What waveform characteristics would you be aware of in adjacent vasculature?
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What is the method of diagnosis for this patient? How would you as the sonographer prove the findings seen below? What is the prognosis for this patient?
 
 
Here at All About Ultrasound, we will be using this forum to create a place for sonographers to freely collaborate on case studies, protocols and more. Have a case study to share? You can submit it through our website here.
 
 
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