Dr. Larry Istrail on Forwarding the Manifesto for Revolutionized Patient Care with POCUS

On today’s episode of the Medical Imaging for All podcast, Ohad speaks with Dr. Larry Istrail, Hospitalist at Inova Fairfax Hospital. They discuss the inspiration behind Larry's book The POCUS Manifesto: Expanding the Limits of the Physical Exam with Point of Care Ultrasound and where the industry is today on awareness, education, and usage of ultrasound. They also discuss how POCUS can revolutionize the physical exam by looking inside the body, how AI can help lower the learning curve, and what the future of everyday ultrasound use looks like.

Topics discussed:

• How Larry got interested in medicine and in point-of-care ultrasound, and how he practiced on his own to gain proficiency.
• How he was inspired to write his book The POCUS Manifesto after seeing a decreased use in stethoscopes during COVID, which led him to write an article, which led to the realization that most clinicians didn't know about POCUS.
• Where the pockets of resistance are to point-of-care ultrasound, and why change begins with an increase in awareness and education.
• How AI guidance can be a key player in reducing the learning curve and leading clinicians to better quality images.
• How POCUS will revolutionize the physical exam by looking inside the patient, and why POCUS should be more accurately called "internal organ inspection."
• How ultrasound can be used in everyday settings like patient-led monitoring of heart conditions and checking on fetal heartbeats.

Resources Mention: 

• https://www.thepocusmanifesto.com/
• https://www.pocusmeded.com/