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In a Harris Poll, the vast majority (84%) of frontline healthcare workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs, though most said they’d consider staying in their current role if provided an opportunity for education and career advancement.

Shockwave Medical Javelin Peripheral IVL Catheter

The balloon-free catheter, which already had a successful launch in the United States, has been associated with positive outcomes and the ability to reach certain lesions more accurately than balloon-based IVL platforms.

Video interview with Anders Gilberg, MGA, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), explains the issues involved with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that are set to end in late 2025 and what the impact will be on hospitals.

Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains the political and patient care issues involved with ending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Wael Jaber, MD, chair of the 2025 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) annual meeting, director of nuclear cardiology and a professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic, spoke at a session on the role of cardiac imagers on the heart team. #ASNC

Heart teams continue to play a major role at hospitals and health systems all over the world. Cardiac imagers who have trained in multiple modalities can provide those teams with a significant amount of value.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a smart watch artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that tells wearers if they are suspected of having hypertension, which is expected to help notify about 1 million users over the next year. This a is a new feature of the newly launched Apple Watch Ultra 3, which the company unveiled Sept. 9. Apple gained FDA for its Cardiovascular Machine Learning-Based Notification Software Hypertension Notification Feature (HTNF) Sept. 11, 2025.

The FDA’s decision arrived just days after Apple announced the new feature. "This tool empowers patients and clinicians to work together, putting prevention at the center of care," one cardiologist told Cardiovascular Business. 

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Safety concerns with certain Boston Scientific leads have resulted in multiple Class I recalls, the FDA has announced. The agency first shared a warning about this issue in August. 

The tool analyzes routine hip and pelvis X-rays for signs of low bone mineral density.

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The Society of Interventional Radiology and American College of Radiology are thanking lawmakers for reintroducing the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act. 

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IRs can play a key role in kidney care using a novel, nonsurgical approach that deploys catheters and imaging guidance to create a fistula in the arm for dialysis access. 

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Robert C. O’Laughlin, MD, and attorneys first took Radiation Therapy Services and its physicians to court in late 2016, citing qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. 

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The system, dubbed MedFinanceAI, only works in Nebraska for now. But the three teens behind its development said it can be rolled out into other communities.

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Many Mayo Clinic patients in rural Minnesota may need to travel or rely on telehealth, as six locations are closing for good before the end of the year. 

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In a Harris Poll, the vast majority (84%) of frontline healthcare workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs, though most said they’d consider staying in their current role if provided an opportunity for education and career advancement.

The balloon-free catheter, which already had a successful launch in the United States, has been associated with positive outcomes and the ability to reach certain lesions more accurately than balloon-based IVL platforms.

Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains the political and patient care issues involved with ending Affordable Care Act subsidies.