Helmsley Charitable Trust Ultrasound Initiative is sponsored by Helmsley Charitable Trust. Provides grants to healthcare facilities in North Dakota for purchasing ultrasound imaging devices and enhancing sonography training.

Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants More than $27. 4M to Fund 215 Ultrasound Imaging Devices Across North Dakota and Train Sonography Workforce - Helmsley Charitable Trust Helmsley Charitable Trust Helmsley Charitable Trust Grants More than $27. 4M to Fund 215 Ultrasound Imaging Devices Across North Dakota and Train Sonography Workforce NORTH DAKOTA, February 18, 2025 —The Leona M.

and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $27. 4 million dollars to help 69 North Dakota hospitals and health centers purchase 215 ultrasound imaging devices and train the state’s sonography workforce.

Walter Panzirer, a Trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, said the grants will help improve access to top-notch medical treatment for North Dakotans, whether they live in Fargo, Bismarck, or Grand Forks, or a smaller rural community such as Bottineau, Rugby, or Hettinger.

“These grants will help ensure that hospitals and health centers across North Dakota have the latest in state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment and training,” Panzirer said. “Facilities need to stay current with rapidly advancing technology so they can continue to provide the very best healthcare close to home. ” Ultrasound uses high-frequency sound waves to produce images of structures inside the body.

This safe, cost-effective tool supports other clinical information to help providers make timely diagnoses and provide appropriate treatment. More than half of the 215 devices purchased through the grants (134) are point of care ultrasound (POCUS) machines, which are used by providers at the bed or tableside for immediate assessment of a patient to quickly determine a course of action.

The grants will also provide 57 general ultrasound systems and 24 cardiovascular ultrasound systems, which aid in imaging of the heart. The initiative also includes nearly $1. 9 million to North Dakota State University and nearly $3.

8 million to High Quality Medical Education (HQMEDED) to expand sonographer expertise and provide comprehensive POCUS training to doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. Additionally, more than $64,000 will go to individual facilities to boost sonographer training.

The Helmsley Charitable Trust has committed a total of $72 million to fund ultrasound equipment and training initiatives for rural communities and underserved populations in Nevada, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wyoming. (Additional information including photos and b-roll video can be downloaded from https://helmsleytrust. box.

com/s/prhpsbah1ldnd5cun4lcyehhw5474zo9 ) The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust aspires to improve lives by supporting exceptional efforts in the U.S. and around the world in health and select place-based initiatives.

Since beginning active grantmaking in 2008, Helmsley has committed more than $4. 5 billion for a wide range of charitable purposes. Helmsley’s Rural Healthcare Program funds innovative projects that use information technologies to connect rural patients to emergency medical care, bring the latest medical therapies to patients in remote areas, and provide state-of-the-art training for rural hospitals and EMS personnel.

To date, this program has awarded more than $750 million to organizations and initiatives in the states of Hawaii, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and two U.S. Pacific territories, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. For more information, visit www. helmsleytrust.

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