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PE sponsors announced or closed about 158 transactions in the first quarter (including five in imaging), a “downward trend even from 2023’s sluggish pace,” Pitchbook reports.  

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF), a related organization of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), this week released a statement on the criminalization of medical errors. The APSF said criminal prosecution is unjust and counterproductive is healthcare organizations want to find ways to mitigate errors by understanding how they happen and create protocols or IT systems can can help prevent future errors. The criminal trial of nurse RaDonda Vaught was counterproductive to safety.

Amid specialist shortages and imaging backlogs, members of the U.S. Senate are seeking ways to ease the stress endured by physicians.

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St. Luke's University Health Network recently launched its region's only accredited radiology residency program in response to booming demand for imaging. 

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Established guidelines recommend biopsying small tumors of the kidney ahead of any procedure to ablate them. A new study confirms the validity of pursuing another pathway.

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Alcohol dependence and depression are known to affect the functional connectivity of the brain, but when the two co-occur, connectivity between certain regions is significantly worse, new MRI study shows.

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The new law will ban noncompetes in the state for all healthcare workers who provide care, including veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

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Researchers tracked data from more than 600 patients, noting that heart teams may want to reconsider how they classify residual TR after treatment. 

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The curriculum consisted of sessions on movement, mindfulness, stress reduction, fulfillment in medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy, acupuncture, nutrition and cooking, free gym memberships and more.

Cleveland Clinic cardiologists implant Impulse Dynamics device for first time in the world

Bruce Wilkoff, MD, director of cardiac pacing and tachyarrhythmia devices at Cleveland Clinic, said the new device could be "an important advancement for heart failure patients."

Telehealth can provide significant value when it comes to managing and monitoring patients with CVD or suspected CVD. A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association explores the latest details on this evolving treatment option. 

Malpractice premiums appear to play a significant role in the rankings. Even states with ample job opportunities and low-to-moderate cost of living were ranked poorly due to their high malpractice premiums.

The new product from California-based Supira Medical was designed to limit hemolysis and other complications among patients undergoing high-risk PCI or in cardiogenic shock

The company delivers 1.5M mammograms each year, and its data support the need for annual screening, leaders said, 

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PE sponsors announced or closed about 158 transactions in the first quarter (including five in imaging), a “downward trend even from 2023’s sluggish pace,” Pitchbook reports.  

Amid specialist shortages and imaging backlogs, members of the U.S. Senate are seeking ways to ease the stress endured by physicians.

St. Luke's University Health Network recently launched its region's only accredited radiology residency program in response to booming demand for imaging.