Organizations that teach ultrasound are charged with shaping the future of ultrasound proficiency. This task calls for a system that checks a unique set of clinical and practical boxes. In addition to being user-friendly and easy to learn to accommodate students of all experience levels, these systems need to be affordable enough to accommodate the bulk-purchase needs of these institutions.
Students should be assured they’re learning on systems with optimal image clarity and an easily navigable user interface, and the ability to scan multiple areas of the anatomy for the comprehensive educational value. At the same time, even schools with preexisting contracts that offer volume discounts on devices often need to reevaluate their procurement strategy to find a system that works best for their instruction.
These were the main criteria for the Academy of Diagnostic and Orthopedic Medicine (ADOM) as it sought to update its learning fleet. Our latest case study illustrates how the Versana family of ultrasound systems helped ADOM meet their current and future instruction needs with a versatile, affordable, and user-friendly system that offers optimal image quality.
ADOM provides hands-on ultrasound training led by experts in the field, preparing medical students, ultrasound technologists, doctors, and practitioners to deliver the most rapid diagnosis with confidence and efficiency. They also train exceptional individuals for new career opportunities, with a goal to eventually make same-day diagnosis the standard in patient care.
They (ADOM) also train exceptional individuals for new career opportunities, with a goal to eventually make same-day diagnosis the standard in patient care.
Striving for Faster Diagnosis
In the case study, ADOM Founder and Lead Instructor Karen Nussbaumer discussed the organization’s prioritization of fast and accurate results to improve the speed of patient care and how that informs ADOM’s instructional model. “Our approach emphasizes rapid diagnosis over rigid protocols. Seconds matter. When a student is given 10 seconds to obtain an image, they need a system that allows for immediate navigation.
"Our approach emphasizes rapid diagnosis over rigid protocols. Seconds matter. When a student is given 10 seconds to obtain an image, they need a system that allows for immediate navigation."
She then discusses how GE HealthCare systems help move ever closer to these aims through user-friendly and intuitive operability. “GE HealthCare’s user-friendly interface and intuitive key layout enable them to work quickly, focus on the image, and make efficient diagnostic decisions—without unnecessary delays.”
An Urgent Expansion Leads to Unexpected Opportunity
Ahead of an expansion meant to augment its in-person instruction, ADOM was looking for additional devices that could be easily integrated into its current fleet while ensuring students had a versatile range of machines on which they could study. Karen confesses that the Versana systems had been off her proverbial radar until she saw one in action: “I didn’t even know Versana existed, but when I tried it, I was blown away by the image quality, user-friendliness, and price point. I also found Scan Coach to be a great extra tool for teaching.”
In addition to Scan Coach, Karen enumerates a variety of Versana features she found helpful, including, but not limited to, B-flow and a particularly intuitive and user-friendly interface that was ideal for onboarding new users.
The Many Faces and Factors of Value
Karen also discusses the role value played, and always plays, in her decision-making process, and how even though the price point of Versana systems was similar to her current devices in ADOM’s in-person instruction fleet, the image quality, utility, and non-clinical factors dramatically increased Versana’s ROI. One such factor includes GE HealthCare’s unparalleled service capabilities and resources. Karen disclosed the critical importance of having a reliable service team across the country to work with their multiple locations.
Easy to Learn, Easy to Use, Hard to Top
The Versana family’s versatility, ease of use, image quality, and affordability made it the perfect choice for ADOM’s current and future expansion goals. It provided a solution that helps students practice a wide variety of exam types, optimal scan clarity for the most accurate and confident reference points, intuitive operability for all experience levels, and a suite of clinical and workflow features that ultimately enriched the quality of instruction. “Versana really brought all the right elements together, making it the best choice for ADOM education,” Karen concludes.
Partnering to Meet a Shared Goal
One of the core pillars of ADOM’s mission continues to be making same-day diagnosis the clinical norm in patient care. As a system that was designed to put ultrasound into the hands of more primary care clinicians to reduce diagnostic wait times and subsequent delays in treatment, Versana represents the perfect solution to help ADOM in this critical long-term goal. GE HealthCare is looking forward to bringing ultrasound to more new users with the easy-to-use and easy-to-learn Versana family.
Read the complete case study to learn how Versana ultrasound helped ADOM achieve its educational and expansion goals.
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