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Point of care ultrasound is being adopted by primary care specialties at an increasing rate. While many of the applications may be similar, the practice and location of this POC ultrasound setting presents opportunities and challenges. Educational and practice adoption may have unique elements in the primary care setting. In addition, leadership, technical, economic, and educational US management concepts are discussed in this common medical setting.

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA

    Apostololos P. Dallas MD, FACP, CHCP

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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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Dallas, A.P. (2018). Primary Care. In: Tayal, V., Blaivas, M., Foster, T. (eds) Ultrasound Program Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63143-1_28

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