Re: Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Primary Care to Redress Health Inequities

[摘要] To the Editor: I highly commend the strong take on pointof-care ultrasonography (POCUS) and its attributes inprimary care. In the article, POCUS was highlighted forits ability to address health care disparities by enhancinga physician’s ability to screen, diagnose, and safely perform procedures in patients who otherwise would nothave received that level of care.5 Imaging is often thoughtof as the ultimate objective measurement of a patient,defying bias, race, ethnicity, or sexuality and being safefrom the disparities that challenge our system. POCUShas the potential to help our skills as diagnosticians, butthe multifactorial nature of health disparities demands thatwe determine whether we have fully addressed the cause ofthese health disparities in our POCUS physicians.

[学科分类] 过敏症与临床免疫学