Labor shortages are challenging hospitals executives to lower labor costs—and the problem is worse today than it was last year, according to a survey of CFOs.

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm capable of reading CT scans to predict how patients will respond to a specific immunotherapy, according to a Lancet Oncology study.

The replication crisis has been an elephant in the room for social scientists for the last few years—with many influential, bedrock studies appearing to be less rigorous than initially accepted. Some expected as many as two of every three studies couldn’t be replicated. While the social sciences are a bit adjacent to those in medicine, the implications of the latest research may help all fields improve best practices in designing and executing clinical studies.

A study published Aug. 27 in Nature Human Behaviour showed that scientists are skilled in detected questionable and/or unreliable results.

DUBLIN and MUNICH — August 28, 2018 — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced new findings from the CRYO4PERSISTENT AF clinical trial demonstrating improved quality of life, reduced symptoms from abnormal heart rhythms, and low incidence of reinterventions and repeat ablation procedures.

Jonathan Chen, MD, will join Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery on September 1, 2018.

Patients with stable chest pain who were evaluated with coronary CT angiography (CTA) were significantly less likely to experience a heart attack or die from coronary heart disease (CHD) within five years compared to individuals who received standard testing, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The Radiology Administration Certification Commission (RACC) is now accepting nominations for its public commissioner position, which will be a three-year term and a maximum of two terms.

The British Heart Foundation announced at this year’s ESC (European Society of Cardiology) Congress it’s launching the Big Beat Challenge, a research award that will throw £30 million—nearly $40 million—behind an innovation that could change the future of cardiovascular medicine.

Despite declining use of coronary CT angiographies (CCTA), the amount performed by radiologists has increased since 2013, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.