The Society's newsletter, SDMS News Wave, will no longer be included in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and instead, will be published in an electronic-only (PDF) format on the SDMS website. Benefits of the new format include:

• More up-to-date information for our members (without the time constraints of printing and mailing, the content is more up-to-date…plus it is now published monthly instead of every other month)
• Easy to read on-screen (and it save trees!) or print only the pages you need
• Easy to navigate – click the ‘page curls’ at the bottom of page to ‘flip’ to the next or previous page
• Full-color – we can now include color photos and sonographic images
• Easy to search (search the current issue or use the website’s search feature to search across all issues)

1. Sonography Quality Standards for the Profession: Certification and Accreditation
2. SDMS and ARDMS Restart CME Credit Reporting Program
3. Disaster Planning: A Case Study for a Sonography Education Program
4. Call for Course and Faculty Proposals
5. 2008 SDMS Annual Conference - What Are You Waiting For?
6. Celebrate Sonography!
7. SDMS Fellow Spotlight
8. SDMS Answers Your Calls
9. New Member Scan
10. SDMS Welcomes New Members

NOTE: These headlines link directly to SDMS News Wave in Adobe PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0 or later. You can download a free copy at the Adobe website.

The inaugural edition of the SDMS Political Action Committee (PAC) newsletter, the SDMS Sonography Sentinel, your information source for updates on SDMS and sonography-related legislative initiatives, is now available. This issue of the SDMS Sonography Sentinel reports on the progress of the CARE Bill and concerns regarding Medicare Bill 2008's Advanced Imaging Standards, as well as more information about the new SDMS PAC.

Go to http://www.sdms.org/members/news/sentinel/sentinel-aug-sep-oct-2008.pdf to read the first issue.

The Future of Sonography
Dan Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM

Medical sonography has always been technology-driven, with advances in instrumentation leading to ever-expanding clinical applications and diagnostic effectiveness. Dramatic changes in technology have led to smaller and more powerful systems that are generally easier and more economical to use. Ultrasound technology is also being used increasingly to guide, monitor and assess treatment. These advances will continue to change how, where and by whom sonography is practiced. This presentation highlights some of the most important emerging technological advances in medical sonography and examine the implications for the use of the modality by sonography professionals, as well as practitioners in other medical disciplines.

To view this presentation:

• SDMS Members (1.5 CME credits available - requires SDMS member login) http://www.sdms.org/members/3366/

To view the presentation, you will need a computer with speakers or headphones, Internet access, a web browser with Adobe Flash Player (and Adobe Reader 8.0 or later to view the transcript) installed.

A tutorial on using the online presentation interface available at: http://www.sdms.org/seminar/tutorial/tutorial.htm

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is also available at: http://www.sdms.org/members/3354/3354faq.asp

SDMS Sonography Puzzles

SDMS Sonography Puzzles are a series of online crossword and word search puzzles that sonography educators can incorporate into their educational programs or can be used by students and sonographers just for fun. The puzzles are interactive and a fun way to learn sonography-related terminology.

This month's puzzle is titled Breast Ultrasound.

The News & Notes column includes links to web-based news articles of interest to sonographers. The articles do not necessarily represent the opinions or policies of the SDMS. To submit articles, send the URL to webmaster@sdms.org.

• Tiny 3-D Ultrasound Probe Guides Catheter Procedures
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080828093349.htm



• Doctors debate "entertainment" ultrasounds
  http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/triage/2008/08/doctors-debate.html



• Aging Ultrasound Machine Finds New Life Scanning Furry, Feathered Patients at Wildlife Center
  http://media-newswire.com/release_1071838.html



• Endoscopic ultrasound highly accurate in evaluating ambiguous radiographic findings of the pancreas
  http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/asfg-euh082708.php