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PwC predicts: Providers, payers, pharma, medtech—all will have new to-do lists after the midterm elections. And that’s regardless of results.

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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Lawyers offer 7 boxes to check before hiring your next regulatory compliance officer

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.

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Portable ultrasound helps novice users accurately perform breast exams

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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Cardiology groups around the world unite to redefine heart failure

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

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Vanderbilt docs 1st to use new PET imaging technique during breast cancer surgery

Once surgeons remove tumors, they use the scanner to determine whether the excised tissue is malignant, negating the need for additional pathology and enabling surgeons to precisely assess margins in real-time.

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
Cardiologist Manesh Patel named new American Heart Association president

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

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Medline recalls procedure kits due to catheter safety concerns

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

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Cardiologist compensation keeps rising—but are we nearing a tipping point?

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 partnership seeks to increase imaging departments' remote-scanning capabilities

Many organizations are interested in remote scanning as a means of addressing ongoing technologist staffing shortages.

Pei-Ni Jone, MD, FASE, director, echocardiography laboratory, Lurie Children’s Hospital Heart Center, professor of pediatric cardiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Board, and the chair of the ASE Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council Steering Committee, explains how 3D echo is being used to better plan, guide and followup in congenital cardiac surgery.
3D echo guidance seeing increasing use in congenital heart surgery

Pei-Ni Jone, MD, FASE, director, echocardiography laboratory, Lurie Children’s Hospital Heart Center, member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) Board, explains how 3D echo is being used to better plan, guide and follow up in congenital cardiac surgery.

Stereotaxis MAGIC SWEEP electrophysiology catheter
First commercial robotically navigated, high-density EP mapping procedures performed in US

The Stereotaxis MAGiC Sweep gained FDA clearance in July and its first commercial use was announced this week.

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Radiologist warns of ‘quiet quitting’ across specialty

Frustrated with burnout, mid-career inertia and the allure of temp work, many rads are only doing their minimum duties in order to survive. 

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PwC predicts: Providers, payers, pharma, medtech—all will have new to-do lists after the midterm elections. And that’s regardless of results.

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? 

Health Exec
Lawyers offer 7 boxes to check before hiring your next regulatory compliance officer

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.

Radiology Business
Portable ultrasound helps novice users accurately perform breast exams

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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