re do we need a radiologist to read an ultrasound in article apr lmpsbbs comm mot com dougb ecs comm mot com writes my wife s ob gyn has an ultrasound machine in her office when the doctor couldn t hear a fetal heartbeat weeks she used the ultrasound to see if everything was ok it was on her next visit my wife asked another doctor in the office if they read the ultrasounds themselves or if they had a radiologist read the pictures the doctor very vehemently insisted that they were qualified to read the ultrasound and radiologists were not stuff deleted this is one of those sticky areas of medicine where battles frequently rage with respect to your ob i suspect that she has been certified in ultrasound diagnostics and is thus allowed to use it and bill for its use many cardiologists also use ultrasound echocardiography and are in fact considered by many to be the experts i am not sure where obs stand in this regard but i suspect that they are at least as good as the radioligists flame retardant suit ready kenneth gilbert university of pittsburgh general internal medicine dammit not a programmer
