Re: GE 4D Ultrasound and Television AD - Effect on Patients!
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Jul 28 10:09:28 2002
Terry -
the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
art
At Sun, 28 Jul 2002, Terry J DuBose wrote:
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>Dr. Platt, this is a good first step, and I thank GE for making it.
>However, many will be waiting to see if GE "drops the other shoe" and
>instructs GE Medical Systems to only sell ultrasound instrumentation to
>individuals who have documented education (accredited, not just "3 week
>wonders") and skills in sonography... and who indicate that they will use
>it in accordance within the FDA's policies.
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>Thanks to the AIUM for their work on this problem, but this is only the
>first step, I fear it isn't over.
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>Terry J DuBose, M.S., RDMS
>Little Rock, Arkansas USA
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>On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 00:40:42 EDT LDPLATT@aol.com writes:
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>In a message dated 7/27/2002 4:59:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>evsono@pipeline.com writes:
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>incidentally - is it me or has GE pulled this ad?
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>In response to this question GE has been most responsive to the AIUM's
>input and concerns.They have pulled the ad to rewrite it and add a
>disclaimer re it's use for clinical indications only.Dr Kurtz who is out
>of town at present will shortly post some information re all the activity
>the AIUM has been involved in with GE and the FDA.I am sure you all would
> be pleased with the impact we have had with this.GE has been
>impressive in their response and how they quickly handled this situation
>that appearently came from "ccorporate GE" and not Medical Sysytems.They
>have also pulled all places from their web site that are using the 3D and
>4D only for "entertainment". Please look for Dr Kurtz s' official
>statement from the AIUM .
> Larry Platt ---
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>Dr. Platt, this is a good first step, and I thank GE for making it. nbsp;
>However, many will be waiting to see if GE "drops the other shoe" and instructs
>GE Medical Systems to only sell ultrasound instrumentation to individuals who
>have documented education (accredited, not just "3 week wonders") an
>skills in sonography... and who indicate that they will use it in accordance
>within the FDA's policies.
>
>Thanks to the AIUM for their work on this problem, but this is only the
>first step, I fear it isn't over.
>
>Terry J DuBose, M.S., RDMS
>Little Rock, Arkansas USA
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>On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 00:40:42 EDT <A
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>href="mailto:LDPLATT@aol.com">LDPLATT@aol.com writes:
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> In a message dated 7/27 2002
> 4:59:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, evsono@pipeline.com
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> TYPE="CITE">incidentally - is it me or has GE pulled this
> ad?In response to this question GE has been most
> responsive to the AIUM's input and concerns.They have pulled the ad to rewrite
> it and add a disclaimer re it's use for clinical indications only Dr
> Kurtz who is out of town at present will shortly post some information r all
> the activity the AIUM has been involved in with GE and the FDA.I am sure you
> all would be pleased with the impact we have had with this.GE has
> been impressive in their response and how they quickly handled
> this situation that appearently came from "ccorporate GE" and not Medica
> Sysytems.They have also pulled all places from their web site that are using
> the 3D and 4D only for "entertainment". Please look for Dr Kurtz
> s' official statement from the AIUM
> . nbsp;
> Larry Platt ---
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
