POCUS Review Terms and Conditions

The Peachtree POCUS Review Service is provided for educational, quality assurance, and credentialing support purposes. It is not a clinical consultation, a second opinion, or an interpretation of any imaging study performed for use in patient care.

This service is not an overread.

An overread is an independent clinical interpretation of a diagnostic imaging examination intended to guide patient management. The POCUS Review Service does not function as an overread and should not be treated as one. Feedback is retrospective in nature and is not designed or suitable for real-time clinical decision-making, regardless of how it is used for quality assurance or credentialing purposes.

Clinical responsibility remains with the treating clinician.

The clinician who performed the POCUS examination is solely responsible for interpreting the findings, integrating those findings with the clinical presentation, and determining the appropriate course of care. No feedback, comment, or suggestion provided through this service alters that responsibility. The treating clinician’s judgment governs patient care, not this service.

This service does not create a physician-patient relationship.

Use of the Peachtree POCUS Review Service does not establish a physician-patient or provider-patient relationship between Peachtree POCUS, Joshua Guttman, MD, any affiliated reviewer, or any other person associated with this service and any patient whose examination is submitted for review.

Do not apply feedback from this service to active patient care.

Reviews are completed after the clinical encounter. They are not intended to modify, confirm, or supersede the treating clinician’s original interpretation, and they should not be used to alter the management of any patient.

Patient privacy.

All patient information must be de-identified before submission. Submission of protected health information (PHI) through this service is not permitted. You are responsible for ensuring that all materials are properly de-identified and for complying with all applicable privacy laws, including HIPAA and any applicable state regulations, before submitting any materials.

Multiple reviewers.

Reviews may be conducted by Joshua Guttman, MD or by other qualified reviewers affiliated with Peachtree POCUS. All reviewers operate under the same scope and limitations described in this disclaimer.

By submitting materials for review, you confirm that you have read and understood this disclaimer, that you have complied with all applicable privacy requirements, and that you will not apply feedback from this service to clinical care.