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"A Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Credentialing in Family Medicine."
July 2026
FPM
Megan Lykke, MD, FAAFP, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at CU Anschutz is the primary author of an article published in the July/August issue of Family Practice Management (FPM) titled, “A Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Credentialing in Family Medicine.”
When asked about her work in this publication, Dr. Lykke said, “Many physicians out in practice are unfamiliar with the steps it can take to get credentialled for a new procedure in a larger healthcare system. This article details a process to do that for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). The same process can be applied to other service lines as well.”
From the article:
“Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly integrated into Family Medicine as training opportunities expand and residency programs graduate physicians with longitudinal ultrasound experience. Still, many physicians in established practice may be uncertain about how to incorporate POCUS, particularly when it comes to credentialing. Understanding how credentialing works can help family physicians preserve and expand their scope of care while meeting (or establishing) local institutional requirements.”
Other DFM faculty who contributed to this article is Mark Deutchman, MD, FAAFP—CU Anschutz Associate Dean for Rural Health and Director of the Rural Program in the School of Medicine.
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(Cover photo from the FPM article, "A Guide to Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Credentialing in Family Medicine.")
