The largest accrediting and certifying organization in U.S. healthcare announced July 29 it will begin upholding standards that distinguish children from adults.

Former ACC president Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, shared his experience bringing helpful heart screenings to low-income neighborhoods. "You've got to be willing to go out and find where the patients are," he said. 

Hospitals are awarded Honor Roll points if they ranked in one or more of the 15 specialties that U.S. News evaluates, and in one or more of the 22 procedures or conditions for patient outcomes.

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual ranking of the top U.S. hospitals for cardiology, heart surgery and vascular surgery. Did your facility make the cut this year?

The change comes at a momentous time for the company's TAVR portfolio, which made history in May by receiving the very first FDA approval for treating asymptomatic severe AS.

“This innovation was born out of necessity,” one surgeon explained. “We were determined to find a way to help the smallest and sickest children who previously had no access to DCD heart donation.” 

The tricuspid valve has been at the center of several key policy shifts in recent years. In fact, Medicare now covers both T-TEER and TTVR when performed with FDA-approved devices. We spoke to interventional cardiologist Jason H. Rogers, MD, to learn more about how this momentum has impacted patient care. 

One of the country's largest operators of breast imaging centers is teaming with one of its biggest hospital systems to bolster services in 3 markets.