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March 2004
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CONTENTS
BREAKING NEWS
ARDMS Board Votes Not to Change RVT Credential Name to RDVS
On March 2, SVU received an official letter from ARDMS informing SVU that at the Feb. 20-21 ARDMS Board of Directors Winter Meeting, the ARDMS Board voted unanimously NOT to change the existing Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT) credential name to Registered Diagnostic Vascular Sonographer (RDVS) as SVU had requested in March 2003.
SVU is very disappointed in
this decision of the ARDMS Board as SVU believes that
changing the RVT credential to RDVS is in the best interests
of the vascular ultrasound profession.
COVER STORY
Workforce Shortages, Worker Burnout, and Safety Risks  Challenge Diagnostic Imaging Profession
According to a recent report by the Center for the Health Professions at UCSF, the national workforce shortage among diagnostic imaging workers is among the most severe of all allied health care professions. [more]
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Report from 2004 Board Meeting
George L. Berdejo, BA RVT
SVU 2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Make Plans Now to be in Anaheim for the 2004 SVU Annual Conference SVU's 2004 Annual Conference at the Vascular Annual Meeting 2004 will be held June 3-5 at the Anaheim Convention Center and the Anaheim Hilton Hotel. This will be THE vascular event of the year. Don't miss it. [more]
What's on Your Mind? During SVU's 2004 Annual Conference, there will be a special session on "Key Issues in the Vascular Laboratory Today." We need your input as to which topics you would like to be presented for discussion at this special session. [more]
ICAVL Accreditation Short Course in Anaheim is Free
ARTICLES
CMS Says 2003 Expected to Mark First Slowdown in Health Care Cost Growth in Six Years Health care spending in the United States is projected to grow 7.8 percent in 2003, down from the 9.3 percent growth experienced in 2002, according to a report issued recently by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). A slowdown in health care spending growth in 2003 would follow six consecutive years of acceleration. [more]
CMS Accepts Comments on Proposed Regulations via Internet for First Time
Private citizens, Medicare providers and others who want to comment on proposed Medicare and Medicaid regulations now, for the first time, can submit their opinions electronically to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via the Internet. [more]
DEPARTMENTS
 SVU Member Profile
Ann Marie Kupinski, PhD RVT
Chapter Committee News
Silent Auction Update | Goodbye from Debbie Pirt | North Jersey Vascular Association
Correction to RVT List published in February e-Spectrum
UPCOMING EVENTS
April 23-25, 2004 |
Las Vegas, NV
Vascular
Ultrasound Introductory Interpretation Course
June 2, 2004| Anaheim, CA
SVU/SVS Joint Vascular Laboratory Course
Advanced Topics and Current Issues in Vascular Laboratory Practice
 June 3-6, 2004| Anaheim, CA
SVU's 27th Annual Conference
Agust 27-29, 2004| Nashville, TN
Vascular Ultrasound Introductory Interpretation Course
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