Inteleos And ICUS Announce Partnership to Develop Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Ecosystem
May 16 2024 - 9:36AM
Inteleos™, a global non-profit healthcare certification
organization, and the International Contrast Ultrasound Society
(ICUS) today announced a partnership to develop an ecosystem for
contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). The collaboration, outlined in
a Memorandum of Understanding, will explore opportunities for
building knowledge, skills and abilities around CEUS for healthcare
professionals including physicians, sonographers, medical
residents, fellows, nurses, technicians and other healthcare
professionals.
While the role of sonographers in CEUS procedures recently
expanded under the newly published Scope of Practice and Clinical
Standards for the Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, there currently
are no standardized education, training or assessment tools to help
sonographers and other medical professionals develop CEUS skills.
The Inteleos-ICUS partnership aims to fill that gap.
"This initiative supports our mission to deliver rigorous
training and assessments, across multiple specialties for
professionals dedicated to improving global patient care," said
Luciana Young, MD, Chair of the Inteleos Board of Directors. "By
creating an ecosystem with ICUS and other partners, we can define
and uphold CEUS standards through education, training, validation
and implementation resources."
The initial scope of the partnership will focus on creating CEUS
education, training and assessment for sonographers, nurses and
other professionals in the North American market, with plans to
expand globally. Current objectives include exploring opportunities
through a cross-organizational taskforce and ultimately developing
a full CEUS program.
“CEUS is an essential tool for modern ultrasound labs, and we
are excited to partner with Inteleos in order to significantly
scale up our current CEUS training programs.” said Dr. Stephanie
Wilson, Co-President of ICUS, who is a clinical professor of
radiology and gastroenterology at the University of Calgary. “This
collaboration will provide sonographers and other health care
professionals with more opportunities to develop CEUS skills and
offer state of the art ultrasound services that improve patient
care and enhance careers,” she added.
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a safe, reliable and low-cost
diagnostic imaging tool that does not expose patients or staff to
ionizing radiation and presents no known risk of kidney damage.
With CEUS, micro-bubble contrast agents are injected into the body
to allow for better visualization and characterization of blood
flow and perfusion.
ICUS is a nonprofit global medical society dedicated to
expansion of CEUS utilization to improve patient care. ICUS offers
free CME-accredited CEUS webinars, newsletters and other resources
on its website: www.ICUS-Society.org.
About Inteleos Inteleos™ is a non-profit
organization that fuels the global health community to ensure
access to quality care. Inteleos is the overarching governance and
management organization for the American Registry for Diagnostic
Medical Sonography® (ARDMS®) the Alliance for Physician
Certification & Advancement™ (APCA™) and the Point-of-Care
Ultrasound Certification Academy™ (PCA) which together represents
more than 141,000 certified medical professionals throughout the
world. The Inteleos Foundation represents the philanthropic efforts
for the organization.
About ICUS The International Contrast
Ultrasound Society (ICUS) is a nonprofit medical society dedicated
to advancing the safe and medically appropriate use of
contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to improve patient care
globally. Membership in ICUS is available free of charge and there
is no fee for ICUS CME-accredited educational programs,
newsletters, or other resources.
To join ICUS and learn more about CEUS, download ICUS Connect
and visit the ICUS website.
Inteleos
Stacia Momburg, Communications | stacia.momburg@inteleos.org
International Contrast Ultrasound Society
Linda Maiman Feinstein, Advisor
847-624-1844 or 312-876-2563 | Linda.Feinstein@Dentons.com
Robin J. Adams, Director of Communication
202-408-3946 | Robin.Adams@Dentons.com