An integrated delivery network that covers five and a half million lives is bringing in Google Cloud to help build and maintain a patient-centric platform with advanced analytic and AI capabilities.

The new analysis, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, was designed to help patients stay informed and avoid unnecessary stress during this challenging time. 

MD Anderson piloted radiology-operated, proactive testing to help diagnose high-risk women also undergoing imaging. 

That’s partly because of the subspecialty’s broad scope and rapidly evolving technology to support physicians, experts wrote in Radiology. 

If a scientific survey of 788 representative Americans conducted in July is a reliable bellwether, the country could fall short of getting to the 70% vaccination rate needed to achieve community, or “herd,” immunity.

Jacqueline A. Bello, MD, will begin her two-year term as RADPAC chair in an intense fight to stop Medicare provider cuts.

National health spending accounted for 17.7% of gross domestic product in 2019 as it grew 4.6% to $3.8 trillion over 2018’s tally. Meanwhile CMS projects health expenditures to accelerate in the coming years, averaging 5.4% and reaching $6.2 trillion by 2028.

Prior to the pandemic, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine said its rate stood at about 8%, physicians reported on Thursday.

The new document, published in both the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation, highlights the significant progress researchers and clinicians have made in this area in recent years.

The noninvasive treatment option could potentially improve care for many patients, including those scheduled to undergo TAVR.