In an increasingly competitive health care climate with limited resources, it is imperative that ultrasound practitioners demonstrate excellence in their practices. Patients demand and deserve high-quality care. The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Council has developed standards for the accreditation of ultrasound practices. These standards serve as a benchmark for ultrasound professionals seeking to meet nationally accepted protocols. Your competitors are accredited; don't fall behind.

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Step 1. Review the following:

• AIUM Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Ultrasound Practices
• AIUM Performance Guidelines for the performance of ultrasound exams in the specialty or specialties in which you seek accreditation.
  Accreditation may be obtained in the following areas:
  • Abdominal/General Ultrasound;
  • Breast Ultrasound (Diagnostic or Interventional);
  • Dedicated Thyroid/Parathyroid Ultrasound;
  • Dedicated Musculoskeletal Ultrasound;
  • Fetal Echocardiography;
  • Gynecologic Ultrasound; and
  • Obstetric or Trimester-Specific Obstetric Ultrasound
  
  
• AIUM Training Guidelines for Physicians Who Evaluate and Interpret Diagnostic Ultrasound Examinations
• Training Guidelines for the Performance of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations
• Case Study Submission Requirements
• Accreditation Fees Estimator Worksheet
• Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Agreement
• Accreditation Application Checklist

Step 2. Assemble the following information/documents and have them easily accessible when completing the online application:

• List of all interpreting physicians, their certificates from residency or fellowship, board certifications, and/or ultrasound certifications, and current licenses
• List of all sonographers and any other non-physicians who perform ultrasound, their ultrasound training, and current ARDMS or ARRT cards
• List of each ultrasound machine's make, model, the year it was acquired, the serial number, and its preventive maintenance records
• Policies, procedures, and ultrasound examination protocols

Step 3. Begin to enter information in the online application. All required text fields must be completed before a section can be saved. These fields can be revised and edited until the Submit button is clicked.

Step 4. Once you click the submit button, you will be directed to the Payment Form, the Accreditation Agreement, and the Checklist. You must provide all of the following within three weeks. Until we receive these, the application is not complete, and no review can begin:

• Two signed copies of the Accreditation Agreement
• Payment (if paying by check)
• Three copies of the required case studies and corresponding reports
• Physicians' licenses, certificates from residency or fellowship, and, if applicable, ultrasound certification
• Sonographers' ARDMS or ARRT cards
• Ultrasound examination protocols
• Preventive maintenance records from the past 3 years

These should be sent to:
AIUM Accreditation Department
14750 Sweitzer Lane, Suite 100
Laurel, MD 20707-5906

Step 5. When the documents and case studies have been reviewed, the practice will be sent a letter summarizing the reviewers' findings, including reports on each case study submission. The practice will be given the opportunity to provide clarification, make corrections, and, if necessary, submit new case studies. Once we receive the practice's response to the findings letter, the application will be presented to the AIUM Ultrasound Practice Accreditation Council for a decision.


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