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Review
. 2025 Jan;109(1):299-311.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2024.08.002. Epub 2024 Sep 14.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Infrastructure

Colin Bell  1 , Jason Nomura  2 , Robinson M Ferre  3
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Review

Point-of-Care Ultrasound Infrastructure

Colin Bell et al. Med Clin North Am. 2025 Jan.

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) infrastructure is the underpinning of a well integrated POCUS program. In order to achieve its full potential and fully integrate into the health care system, a POCUS program requires a robust and resilient infrastructure. The essential components of POCUS infrastructure are hardware, software, and an informed, well-integrated governance structure. This infrastructure can be leveraged for clinical decision-making, education, research, credentialing, documentation, health record integration as well as quality assurance and improvement.

Keywords: POCUS; POCUS governance; POCUS hardware; POCUS software; POCUS systems.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosures C. Bell and R.M. Ferre have accepted honoraria from Fujifilm Sonosite Inc. J. Nomura has consulting agreements with Philips and Caption AI. J. Nomura has research funding with Bristol Myers Squib and Bayer, Germany. R.M. Ferre has accepted honoraria from Butterfly Inc.

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