FFR-guided PCI was associated with improved resource utilization and less radiation exposure, among other benefits, when compared to angiography-guided procedures.

COVID-19 vaccines were very effective at preventing serious illness and excess deaths in 2021, according to new data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The vaccines were also linked to considerable cost savings. 

The company plans to integrate the newly acquired microcatheters into its existing robotics platforms. 

While the Biden administration and federal agencies have made price transparency a long-term goal for the U.S. healthcare industry, a recent study revealed Americans aren’t actually shopping around very often for better healthcare prices.

The medical industry directs the vast majority of its spending for the promotion and advertising of medical devices and drugs towards physicians––but those industry payments are significantly larger for male physicians compared to female physicians.

Patients who developed new-onset AFib tended to be sicker than those who did not. 

The healthcare industry has faced numerous workforce challenges, including higher costs and turnover rates. Fortunately, the sector appears to be recovering from losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stamatia Destounis, MD, FACR, a radiologist and managing partner at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Rochester, New York, and chair of the ACR Breast Commission, discusses post-COVID-19 economic issues facing breast imaging centers, including staffing problems from the "Great Resignation" and lower reimbursements.