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Event Speaker

Rob Ferre, MD

Vice Chair of Innovation, Emergency Medicine

Indiana University School of Medicine

A key thought leader for point of care ultrasound (POCUS) workflows, Dr. Rob Ferre is the current Emergency Ultrasound Section Chair in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Working with IHE International, he led the effort on behalf of ACEP and industry partners to create interoperability standards for POCUS workflows. He currently serves as the program director for the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Point of Care Ultrasound Program and System Wide Medical Director of Point of Care Ultrasound for IU Health.

Sessions

Point of Care UltraSound (POCUS): Current State and IHE Bound

Presented by Les R. Folio, DO, MPH, ACHIP, CIIP, Teashia French, MBA, Kevin O’Donnell, MASc, FSIIM, Rob Ferre, MD, Steven Nichols in Cardiology, Radiology Jun 11, 2026 | 12:15 PM.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has rapidly expanded across clinical care and medical education, driven by the availability of handheld devices and growing demand for bedside imaging. Yet in many organizations, POCUS workflows remain siloed, home-grown, and disconnected from enterprise imaging systems, creating challenges for quality, governance, interoperability, and scalability. This session addresses the urgent need for standardized, enterprise-ready…