SonoSite Presents New Emerging Evidence on Cost and Safety Benefits from Bedside Ultrasound Use

SonoSite SONO today announced that Diku Mandavia, MD, SonoSite's Chief Medical Officer, will present two new research studies that define the economic value of point-of-care visualization in reducing medical errors, complications and costs in patients who underwent a paracentesis or thoracentesis, two commonly performed needle-based procedures in the hospital. This is the first and largest study to compare the economic and safety benefits of patients who received a thoracentesis or paracentesis with and without ultrasound guidance. This robust study was completed by the United BioSource Corporation, a global scientific and medical affairs organization that generate real-world evidence to assist healthcare decisions and enhance patient care. Researchers from the UBC Center for Epidemiology and Database Analytics used the national Premier Perspective® automated hospitalization claims database to access thousands of patient's records in over 600 hospitals from across the country.