POINT: Should the Use of Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Patient Care Require Hospital Privileging/Credentialing? Yes

Chest. 2020 Mar;157(3):496-498. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.041.

Authors

James M Walter¹, Lewis Satterwhite², Kenneth E Lyn-Kew³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: james.walter@northwestern.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO.

PMID: 32145805
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.041

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence
Credentialing*
Critical Care
Hospitals
Humans
Medical Staff Privileges*
Physicians*
Point-of-Care Systems*
Pulmonary Medicine
Ultrasonography*