Table 2.

Barriers to point-of-care ultrasound use in rheumatology groups

Barrier	Number of groups reporting barrier (n = 80)
Training
Lack of trained providers	54 (68%)
Lack of funding for training	43 (54%)
Lack of training opportunities	30 (38%)
Lack of funding for travel	30 (38%)
At least one of the training barriers listed above	61 (76%)
Infrastructure
Lack of funding for support staff	20 (25%)
Lack of image archiving	19 (24%)
Lack of standard reporting form	15 (19%)
Lack of funding for simulation space	14 (18%)
No clinician champion	10 (13%)
Lack of privileging criteria	9 (11%)
Lack of facility  leadership support	7 (9%)
At least one of the infrastructure barriers listed above	42 (53%)
Equipment
Lack of ultrasound equipment	25 (31%)
Lack of funding for US equipment	17 (21%)
At least one of the equipment barriers listed above	27 (34%)
Other
No perceived benefit	5 (6%)
No barriers identified	10 (13%)