On Dec 26, 2010 11:26 PM, "Mina Tohid" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree with Jason 100%
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:12 PM, JASON r <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Ann Marie,
>> this is an interesting issue. I hope the future of ultrasound holds a
>> practitioner position, if not, many like you might not pursue advanced
>> degree's or continue to research and further the field. I congratulate those
>> that took the extra step and accepted the deep added financial burden (I
>> mean academic burden) to push the health sciences to the next level.
>>
>> I also believe Vascular Technology is a field which could properly be
>> managed by non-MD,or DO's,(reflect on the field now) given its non-invasive
>> nature. Simply put, these are gathered images and based on these images an
>> interpretation is created backed by researched protocol that an non-MD or DO
>> put in place. Its not rocket science people, its paint by numbers.
>> Nonetheless, Non-Vascular Doc's can become an RPVI by sitting for a modified
>> (Hum-Hum) vascular technology test that is less comprehensive than the
>> RVT's, and overread 50 vascular studies and be an expert. OR i can perform >
>> 10,000 cases, publish papers, help save countless lives and limbs and never
>> be a specialist, just a technologist. Something is wrong here, I think?
>>
>> Its like I tell my peers that scoff at the mere fact that an ultrasound
>> picture taker would be so interested in higher education, after all "I am
>> just a dumb ultrasound tech with a doctorate...." incapable of every
>> interpretating a carotid, venous, or arterial..... Now that's rocket science
>>
>> Sorry for the rant but I do applaud those that have advanced degree's and
>> are in ultrasound.... We know the truth, and its ugly.:)
>>
>> Jason Roberts DHSc, RVT
>>
>>
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:11:02 -0500
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Can PA's read vascular studies
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Jason,
>>
>>
>>
>> As one of the few PhD, RVTs out there, I may have a doctorate degree but
>> does not give me a license to practice medicine. It is the medical license
>> which is needed to provide the final reading/interpretation/diagnosis.
>> While a good deal of work can be done by a non-MD, as Frank mentioned,
>> there needs to be a system in place for a physician to appropriately
>> supervise and review/read/interpret the studies.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD, RVT, RDMS
>>
>> But not MD or JD
>>
>>
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>>
>> *From:* UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *
>> Card,Jason
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 02, 2010 5:19 PM
>> *To:* [log in to unmask]
>> *Subject:* Re: Can PA's read vascular studies
>>
>>
>>
>> Along a similar thread, can a PhD read studies? And if they did, say with
>> the title of Technical Director and then billed Medicare as such for say,
>> 10-15 years, would/could that leave that facility open to penalties or
>> whistleblower issues?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hypothetically speaking of course…
>>
>>
>>
>> Jason T. Card, BS RVT
>>
>> *Sky** Lakes Medical Center*
>>
>> *Klamath Falls**, OR*
>>
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