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6 pointers to make sure the hospital legal team is appropriately engaged in AI governance, oversight

Legal and compliance teams have to serve as sentinels sizing up potential legal exposure points without turning into needlers who only slow down clinical innovation.

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5-point call goes out for action against ‘one of the most urgent and complex socioeconomic challenges of our time’

U.S. healthcare is in the throes of an affordability crisis. The good news is that healthcare leaders have all the evidence, tools and expertise needed to keep the predicament from becoming a plight. Can they marshal the will to wield those weapons toward that end?

Johnson & Johnson to acquire Atraverse Medical

The move, once finalized, helps Johnson & Johnson add multiple FDA-approved technologies to its EP portfolio.

President Trump nominates radiologist to serve as surgeon general

He’s picking Nicole B. Saphier, MD, a board-certified breast specialist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox News contributor, to fill the key role.

HRS President, Mina Chung, MD, FHRS, staff cardiologist and Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pacing and Electrophysiology, Heart & Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic. Explains HRS accomplishments in the past year in terms of advocacy efforts and policy concerns impacting EP. #HRS2026 #EPeeps

Heart Rhythm 2026: Electrophysiologist Mina Chung discusses CPR, PFA and much more

Mina Chung, MD, who just concluded a one-year term as Heart Rhythm Society's president, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about successes from the past year as well as her goals for the future.

Doctors agree: There’s a lot to love about cardiology’s future

According to a new survey, both cardiologists and noncardiologists feel good about the specialty's long-term health.

Women live longer after TAVR than men

Researchers tracked real-world data from 600 TAVR patients, following each one for approximately five years. Survival rates were similar for men and women early on, but then women started experiencing better outcomes after three years.

GE HealthCare imaging CEO steps down amid mixed earnings results

Corresponding with the change, the Chicago-based imaging manufacturer is combing two of its radiology-related business lines into a new segment worth $14.6 billion.

Newly developed ransomware accidentally deletes files, making extortion difficult

Check Point Research revealed in a new report that VECT 2.0—advertised as a powerful, secure ransomware service—contains a fatal coding error that wipes victims’ data instead of encrypting it.

Overheard on Capitol Hill: Hospital leaders getting upbraided over ‘charging an insane amount for care’

A handful of health-system CEOs took withering fire this week at a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee.

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Nearly half of women surveyed still think breast cancer screening starts at 50

The responses also suggested that a significant amount of women believe mammograms start before 40, highlighting a gap in screening policy knowledge.

Q&A: Virtual health system places bet on primary care as the future of telemedicine

During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth provider HealthTap began to emphasize its ability to deliver primary care services. Now, Co-Founder and CEO Sean Mehra says, long-term patient care delivered from anywhere has become its central focus, as advancements in technology made it a reality.

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