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Professor Colebourn “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts” Work-flow in outpatient echocardiography departments lends itself to the process of performing and reporting in tandem. By the time the patient has left the department, the report is written, images archived and, if needed, an on-hand senior opinion sought. The audit cycle is clear and tight. In the world of acute care echocardiography, that focus changes from a cycle of ‘perform-upload-report’, to ‘perform-decide-act’. “Don’t cross the streams!” Governance must sometimes come second to patient care. Some echo findings are so time-critical that it is life-saving not to carr