Point-of-care Ultrasonography: Competency, Credentialing, Billing, and Naysayers

Session Format

Pre-Recorded

Session Type

Plenary Presentation

Topic Area

Ultrasound

Description

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is widely used by intensivists and pulmonologists. Across the country, hospitals and hospital systems are being forced to reckon with assessing competency and credentialing clinicians that use POCUS for patient care. Furthermore, many intensivists and pulmonologists have begun to bill for their POCUS examinations, with little guidance available on best practice. This landscape has created a fertile ground for controversy in+D49 all of these areas. This session aims to address these important issues.

Learning Objective 1

Understand the latest arguments against the widespread use of point-of-care ultrasonography in critically ill patients and how clinicians can leverage assessment of competency and credentialing to counter them.

Learning Objective 2

Understand the pros and cons of billing for point-of-care ultrasonography studies.

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	1 CME Credit