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Accreditation in Point of Care Ultrasound

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Accreditation in ultrasound can often be confused with credentialing and privileging and some providers use the terms interchangeably not realizing the implications. Accreditation relates to program, laboratory, departmental or institutional accreditation under a recognized body. Accreditation pathways are available to point-of-care ultrasound programs but there is promise in some developing programs but by various specialties. This chapter provides details on accreditation and discusses possible advantages and disadvantages.

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  1. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Michael P. Mallin MD, FACEP

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

    Vivek S. Tayal

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Columbus Georgia, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

    Michael Blaivas

  3. Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA

    Troy R Foster

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Mallin, M.P. (2018). Accreditation in Point of Care Ultrasound. In: Tayal, V., Blaivas, M., Foster, T. (eds) Ultrasound Program Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63143-1_21

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