Intraoperative robotic-assisted ultrasound helps surgeons to perform more complex procedures robotically with potentially improved outcomes.

There is growing concern among cardiac sonographers about the amount of radiation exposure they experience on the job and few say their workplace has a formal policy to address radiation safety for sonographers, according to a survey conducted by the American Society of Echocardiography.

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published new guidelines to improve the existing norms of the right heart in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. The recommended procedures will establish a more uniform method of evaluating the size and function of the right ventricle, said the society.

The second international release of SNOMED Clinical Terms is nowavailable for use, incorporating enhancements which are part of ongoingefforts directed towards facilitating the use of the terminology inEHRs.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt announced thatthe U.S. will participate in an international effort to develop globaldeployment and adoption of standard clinical terminology for electronichealth records.