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ArticleJournal of imaging informatics in medicine2025

Governance Considerations for Point-of-Care Ultrasound: a HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community Whitepaper in Collaboration with AIUM.

Irene W Y Ma, Michael L Francavilla, Jason T Nomura, Adam Kielski, Francisco Fernandez, Kevin Piro, Rachel Liu, Josephine Valenzuela, Michael Toland, Jessica Koehler and 12 more

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Article in Journal of imaging informatics in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Irene W Y MaDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada. ima@ucalgary.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-0171
Michael L FrancavillaDepartment of Radiology, Whiddon College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-7097
Jason T NomuraDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6843-6690
Adam KielskiAmazon Web Services, Senior Partner Solutions Architect, Seattle, WA, USA.
Francisco FernandezDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Kevin PiroDivision of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-2148
Rachel LiuDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3997-0325
Josephine ValenzuelaValleywise Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Michael TolandUniversity of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jessica KoehlerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-3816
Gregg CohenRadiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3196-6775
Monief EidE-Health Portfolio, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Wilson ChoiEnterprise Information Technology Services, NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, NY, USA.
James D NolanInformation Technology, Valley Medical Center, Renton, WA, USA.
Robinson M FerreDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6627-4416
Morgan P McBeeDepartment of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7778-4152
Tobias KummerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-7001
Michael J LanspaIntermountain Critical Care Echocardiography Service, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-4755
Jenn Quattrone BrownIndependent Consultant, Garland, TX, USA.
Kristen DeStigterDepartment of Radiology, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8235-3245
Stella DesyatnikovaThe Stella Center for Facial Plastic Surgery, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0676-4020
Allan BottemillerIndependent Consultant, Kirkland, WA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a standard of care across a variety of healthcare settings due to its ability to provide critical clinical information and as well as procedural guidance to clinicians directly at the bedside. Implementation of enterprise imaging (EI) strategies is needed such that POCUS images can be appropriately captured, indexed, managed, stored, distributed, viewed, and analyzed. Because of its unique workflow and educational requirements, reliance on traditional order-based workflow solutions may be insufficient. To improve patient care outcomes and operational efficiency, a robust governance committee for POCUS within healthcare systems that addresses pertinent institutional policies to ensure effective and sustainable implementation of enterprise imaging, appropriate to the specific clinical encounter-based workflow needs of POCUS, is critical. This white paper explores several key governance considerations in the formulation and structure of a POCUS enterprise imaging strategy, focusing on program governance, clinical governance, technology governance, information governance, and financial governance.

Indexed as

Point-of-Care SystemsHumansUltrasonographyWorkflowArchiveEnterprise imagingGovernanceImaging informaticsPoint-of-care ultrasoundSystem integration

Identifiers

PMID39753828
PMCPMC12572525

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