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Franklin Niblock1, Hoon Byun2, Yalda Jabbarpour2
1From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO (FN); The Robert Graham Center, Washington, DC (HB, YJ). franklin.niblock@CUanschutz.edu.
Abstract:
Despite the proven benefits, less than 10% of physicians have adopted point-of-care ultrasound in primary care. Physician and practice characteristics, such as being a family physician and working in rural settings, increase the odds that a physician will adopt POCUS in their practice.
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