Care Delivery

This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.

CCTA delivers value, even when treating low-risk patients with no history of CAD
Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can both help identify patients who may be much closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.
Cardiologist discusses Lp(a), the CVD risk factor responsible for many surprise heart attacks
Cardiologist Nathaniel Lebowitz, MD, reviews the latest updates in lipoprotein(a) awareness, testing and drug development.
Blood glucose monitor instructions updated due to error code linked to 114 injuries
No devices need to be returned or replaced, but the company did want to update their instructions for use.
Large-language AI models aren’t immune to medical misinformation, but they can learn to discern
Medical AI is likely to pass along potentially dangerous misinformation when the distortion comes to the model from a normally trustworthy source using a convincingly authoritative voice.
Stroke risk after TAVR still higher for woman as ‘sex paradox’ lives on
By tracking sex-related differences after TAVR, researchers hope to refine patient selection strategies and optimize care for both men and women.

CCTA delivers value, even when treating low-risk patients with no history of CAD

Total plaque volume and total plaque burden can both help identify patients who may be much closer to suffering a heart attack than they realize.

Nathaniel Lebowitz, MD, in charge of preventive cardiology at Hackensack University Medical Center, and assistant professor of internal medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, gives an overview of where things are at with lipoprotein (a) awareness, testing and drug development. He and is working on the American Heart Associations (AHA) Lp(a) Discovery Project to expand awareness to both physicians and patients. #AHA #LPA

Cardiologist discusses Lp(a), the CVD risk factor responsible for many surprise heart attacks

Cardiologist Nathaniel Lebowitz, MD, reviews the latest updates in lipoprotein(a) awareness, testing and drug development.

Blood glucose monitor instructions updated due to error code linked to 114 injuries

No devices need to be returned or replaced, but the company did want to update their instructions for use.

Large-language AI models aren’t immune to medical misinformation, but they can learn to discern

Medical AI is likely to pass along potentially dangerous misinformation when the distortion comes to the model from a normally trustworthy source using a convincingly authoritative voice.

Stroke risk after TAVR still higher for woman as ‘sex paradox’ lives on

By tracking sex-related differences after TAVR, researchers hope to refine patient selection strategies and optimize care for both men and women.

5 takeaways from Dr. Wachter’s ‘Giant Leap’ with AI in healthcare

Someday the computerization of medicine will be recognized as the game-changing, paradigm-shifting, everything-upending “disruptive innovation” that so many healthcare watchers and stakeholders have been waiting for. “Today,” however, “it’s often just plain disruptive.”

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Safety update: New recommendations for managing patients with high-risk defibrillation leads

HRS has shared an updated guidance on managing Boston Scientific defibrillation leads at risk of experiencing a significant malfunction. The issue, first reported in July 2025, is believed to impact approximately 350,000 leads still being used today.

Hidden costs of enterprise email may top $4M per year per hospital

E-mails sent to the full workforce at hospitals and health systems are costly due to the time they take away from recipients’ other essential duties and tasks. How costly? Researchers have done the math.