Butterfly iQ — Ultrasound Software

I caution any older generalist out there mulling a purchase of this device. The learning curve is higher than you think, integrating it into one’s practice and getting paid for it is another thing Make a wrong call based on the data and this litigious society will have your skin. I saw it demonstrated at a meeting and got google eyed by it. Unfortunately all the extra work EHR generates for primary care now means my time for learning is sorely limited in trying to keep up with the paperwork. Specialty types love this thing and I’m not criticizing the quality. For them they can apply it every day. Me? I’d have to order a confirmatory test anyways although if one gets support from what the Butterfly is telling them, might make day planning easier. Butterfly has taken care of me and I dropped the financial lamentations from this review. Still a fanboy though. Wished I was younger and a specialist

Imagine having a professional team waiting to help you while you are making a good use of world's first hand-held, single-probe whole-body ultrasound system, conveniently in your palm with your phone? I am from Myanmar where specialist doctors are so scarce and hospitals are so far from majority or barely functional. I received POCUS training while working at MSF in a hilly remote area, which purpose was to train rural doctors with basic POCUS skills to help mountain people who rarely use currency. The short training was backed by telemedicine and it made a great change for five doctors and their patients. Owning an ultrasound machine was merely a dream for poor doctors here... before Butterfly iq was born. This is actually not supposed to be using here in Myanmar but I believed it would help my clinical life and I ordered one with the help of a friend from US. Difficultly shipped to here and I downloaded the app using VPN app. Now I connect the black blue beauty with my new iPad mini5 and instantly, I am in love. Thank you, Butterfly Team! Wish you all be healthy, peaceful and Happy New Year!

Have been using this for over a year. Great for clinical/interventional radiologists. It’s ease of use won’t compensate for lack of experience or practice. It does generate artifact at low resolution which will mislead many, so don’t expect it to make you a better clinician if you don’t have a pretty solid grasp of relational anatomy in every dimension or US technique with a full size machine. In my opinion it’s not a great tool to practice US either. Your pictures wont come out like the book if you don’t know what the variants look like. It definitely motivates and lowers threshold for accessibility, but has high potential to confuse learners than accurately teach (blind leading the blind). The updates and subscription control on the system are cumbersome so even though you bought the probe, it sort of doesn’t really belong to you without a subscription. It’s great on missions and in a pinch using it for diagnosis and intervention. But I can tell you first hand - it’s not for the masses and can be dangerous in inexperienced (and usually overconfident) hands.