What is ASEs position on preliminary reporting by sonographers?
A cardiac sonographer must be skilled in interacting with patients, which involves explaining the procedure to the patient but not discussing the clinical findings of the examination. We have two documents that address this issue: “Guidelines for Cardiac Sonographer Education” and “Interpretation of Echocardiographic Data: Are Physicians and Sonographers Violating the Law?”.
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