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With Election Day only four months away, healthcare is again emerging as a major source of idealistic campaign promises. Many of these are driven by widespread public angst. What sorts of changes can U.S. healthcare stakeholders realistically expect once the results are in? 

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Hospitals are not the only healthcare entities competing over a limited pool of qualified compliance officers. Payers, vendors and others are in the race too. But hospitals and health systems may have the most to lose if they let down their guard on adherence to regulatory rules.

Portable ultrasound helps novice users accurately perform breast ultrasound

Experts from MIT, where the technology was developed, are optimistic their system can be used by almost anyone, including individuals with no ultrasound experience.  

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The groups hope to standardize heart failure terminology and ensure everyone is on the same page when discussing this complex condition. 

Duke University cardiology Manesh Patel, MD, FAHA, became the 2026-27 president of the American Heart Association (AHA) July 1. Photo courtesy of Duke Health

Patel, a veteran interventional cardiologist with Duke Health, was named the group's Physician of the Year in 2023. 

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Thousands of procedure kits used by cardiologists and cardiac surgeons are impacted by the new Class II recall. 

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Many cardiologists are earning more in 2026 than they did in 2025. However, there is a fear that compensation and wRVUs can only climb so far in this current healthcare environment before things start to stall. 

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New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine compared current USPSTF criteria to a potential shift toward total years smoked, rather than pack years. 

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An emergency department nurse at Heritage Valley Sewickley Hospital is accused of stealing drugs and neglecting patients, causing at least two fatalities. A lawsuit filed by two whistleblowers further alleges that hospital leadership covered for the drug-dependent nurse. 

trump and his healthcare leaders

The Trump administration said the reduction can be attributed to a cleanup of fraud, waste and abuse, but the real reason extends back to enhanced subsidies put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medicaid protesters

Led by Massachusetts and California, the plaintiffs say CMS ignored the will of Congress by strictly defining a “medically frail” exemption that would allow a person access to safety net medical coverage.

intensive care ICU

Memo to health execs: If your hospital hasn’t had a C. auris scare yet, odds are quite high that it soon will. 

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With Election Day only four months away, healthcare is again emerging as a major source of idealistic campaign promises. Many of these are driven by widespread public angst. What sorts of changes can U.S. healthcare stakeholders realistically expect once the results are in? 

Hospitals are not the only healthcare entities competing over a limited pool of qualified compliance officers. Payers, vendors and others are in the race too. But hospitals and health systems may have the most to lose if they let down their guard on adherence to regulatory rules.

Experts from MIT, where the technology was developed, are optimistic their system can be used by almost anyone, including individuals with no ultrasound experience.