Although patient resistance to telehealth declined 4 percent in 2017, understanding is still lacking, according to a survey by Avizia.

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) are asking for changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), with a wide group of stakeholders wanting the quality reporting period reduced to 90 days and ACP releasing a study determining many MIPS measures aren’t valid.

The number of applications used for healthcare purposes is in the thousands. A list compiled by Software Advice listed the best ranked by specialty.

A high-tech microscope developed by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine has captured images of cancer-causing viruses clinging to human DNA, according to a UVA Health System release.

According to a survey conducted by Software Advice, 72 percent of patients used online reviews as a first step to seeking providers.

Cardiologists earn an average of $423,000 annually, according to the 2018 Medscape Cardiologist Compensation Report, up from $410,000 in last year’s survey. That salary puts cardiology third among all specialties—behind only plastic surgery ($501,000) and orthopedics ($497,000).

The FDA’s voluntary sodium reduction goals for packaged and processed foods could greatly reduce or delay deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the U.S. and are cost-saving even in pessimistic simulations, according to a study published online April 10 in PLOS Medicine.

Increasing physical activity after a heart attack could halve a person’s risk of dying over the following four years, suggests research presented April 19 at EuroPrevent 2018, a European Society of Cardiology congress.

A trio of researchers from Boston analyzed diagnostic imaging trends among insured Massachusetts residents from 2009 to 2013.

A hybrid revascularization approach combining PCI and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) produced similar five-year outcomes compared to CABG alone, according to a randomized trial of patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.