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Clarius mobile ultrasound has been the news lately. https://clarius.com/reviews/ https://clarius.com/reviews/ They were also part of AMD' CES keynote on healt

Clarius mobile ultrasound has been the news lately. https://clarius.com/reviews/ https://clarius.com/reviews/ They were also part of AMD' CES keynote on health with their chips. https://youtu.be/OMxU4BDIm4M?t=3831 https://youtu.be/OMxU4BDIm4M?t=3831 Great story highlighted how having mobile ultrasound has helped this rural community doctor

haldujai 4y ago
Butterfly iQ is another one worth checking out and popular with my ER colleagues.
- viraptor 4y ago
  Those are used in a local clinic. I'm told they're not as high resolution as other options, but good enough for GPs + doing occasional obs scans. They're happy with it. There was some annoyance about choosing the model - there's a separate lightning and usb-C version, but at least now that will be finally unified.
  - haldujai 4y ago
    Good to know, I don’t have personal experience with POCUS devices (radiologist). I think traditionally Butterfly was much cheaper than Clarius, and had better software assistance / AI for things like TGC sliders and gain. Looking at the Clarius offering now it seems much closer in pricing and they’ve improved their software package. Surprised to hear that they have separate USB-C and lightning offerings in 2022/2023, seems archaic.
- amelius 4y ago
  > popular with my ER colleagues. In the western world, isn't it preferable if ultrasounds are left to specialists? I'm wondering if the use of cheap portable devices is part of a trend of improving healthcare, or just making it cheaper (or both).
  - haldujai 4y ago
    Point-of-care ultrasound in the Western world is a hot trend. There’s the idea that clinicians can use this tool to aid in diagnosis as an extension of the physical exam (e.g. I’m worried this patient might have a kidney stone, let me slap the ultrasound on their back and check). The pitch has been that it would increase throughout and alleviate the strain on radiology departments giving us and our sonographers more time to do more complex imaging studies. In practice, the training and skill of clinicians ranges from borderline negligent to amazing, leaning more towards the lower end. Given this heterogeneity, it is still yet to be accepted as a true diagnostic test in many places where a radiology department exists so the purported benefits aren’t being realized. Ultrasound is harder than it looks, and unfortunately a lot of physicians just took a weekend course to get certified. In the hands of an adequately trained physician, I feel it’s very safe for clinicians to perform basic scans and that it would safely expedite patient care while alleviating burden on radiology so overall benefiting the system more than a cost thing.

haldujai 4y ago

Butterfly iQ is another one worth checking out and popular with my ER colleagues.

viraptor 4y ago
Those are used in a local clinic. I'm told they're not as high resolution as other options, but good enough for GPs + doing occasional obs scans. They're happy with it. There was some annoyance about choosing the model - there's a separate lightning and usb-C version, but at least now that will be finally unified.
- haldujai 4y ago
  Good to know, I don’t have personal experience with POCUS devices (radiologist). I think traditionally Butterfly was much cheaper than Clarius, and had better software assistance / AI for things like TGC sliders and gain. Looking at the Clarius offering now it seems much closer in pricing and they’ve improved their software package. Surprised to hear that they have separate USB-C and lightning offerings in 2022/2023, seems archaic.
amelius 4y ago
> popular with my ER colleagues. In the western world, isn't it preferable if ultrasounds are left to specialists? I'm wondering if the use of cheap portable devices is part of a trend of improving healthcare, or just making it cheaper (or both).
- haldujai 4y ago
  Point-of-care ultrasound in the Western world is a hot trend. There’s the idea that clinicians can use this tool to aid in diagnosis as an extension of the physical exam (e.g. I’m worried this patient might have a kidney stone, let me slap the ultrasound on their back and check). The pitch has been that it would increase throughout and alleviate the strain on radiology departments giving us and our sonographers more time to do more complex imaging studies. In practice, the training and skill of clinicians ranges from borderline negligent to amazing, leaning more towards the lower end. Given this heterogeneity, it is still yet to be accepted as a true diagnostic test in many places where a radiology department exists so the purported benefits aren’t being realized. Ultrasound is harder than it looks, and unfortunately a lot of physicians just took a weekend course to get certified. In the hands of an adequately trained physician, I feel it’s very safe for clinicians to perform basic scans and that it would safely expedite patient care while alleviating burden on radiology so overall benefiting the system more than a cost thing.