Point of Care Ultrasound is Changing the Practice of Medicine with Dr. Arun Nagdev

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Dr. Arun Nagdev is one of the leading international authorities on Point of Care Ultrasound, or POCUS. He practices clinically and also is the Senior Director of Clinical Education at Exo, a company that is on a mission to modernize medical imaging through its high-performance handheld ultrasound platform and artificial intelligence. In this episode Dr. Nagdev discusses the evolution of ultrasound in the practice of medicine, how point-of care ultrasound impacts procedural success and patient care, the challenges with educating established physicians, changing the curriculum of residencies, POCUS reimbursement, the differences between clinical medical teams and a medical device start-up, and his vision for a connected, low-cost, ubiquitous point-of-care ultrasound technology.
Links from this episode:

• Arun Nagdev, MD LinkedIn
• Alameda Health System, Highland Hospital
• ACEP
• Exo

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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. ACEP experience (00:03:13)

3. How an EM physician got involved with ultrasound (00:04:36)

4. What ultrasound is (00:07:25)

5. Ultrasound POC hardware and UI (00:12:33)

6. Ultrasound in the emergency department (00:18:32)

7. Training challenges and opportunities (00:23:36)

8. Reimbursement (00:31:57)

9. Exo mission (00:36:22)

10. Education challenges (00:41:52)

11. Education vs startup company (00:48:57)

12. The future of medicine and POCUS (00:51:38)

13. Key take-aways (00:53:58)