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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.

AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more
Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.
4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors
Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment.
Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers
Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.
Vocal AI can sub for professionals to give and grade elderly cognitive exams
When paired with willing older adults, talking AI can administer and assess preliminary dementia tests in much the same way—and with similar effectiveness—as human specialists.
Patient sues surgeon and Allina Health for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery
In court documents, an unnamed Minnesota woman said that in 2022, she was admitted to an Allina Health hospital and scheduled for the removal of her infected spleen, only for an error to result in her left kidney being removed instead.

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AI newswatch: OpenAI goes to the UAE, patients get cyberchondria, more

Like remoras hitching a ride on a shark, private businesses are capitalizing on President Trump’s AI-aggressive trip to the Middle East.

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4 digital-health skillsets today’s medical educators should give tomorrow’s medical doctors

Due to the ceaseless rush of technological advancements into medicine, many future physicians graduate medical school underprepared for the digital healthcare environment.

Report: UnitedHealth rewarded nursing homes for delaying hospital transfers

Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.

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Vocal AI can sub for professionals to give and grade elderly cognitive exams

When paired with willing older adults, talking AI can administer and assess preliminary dementia tests in much the same way—and with similar effectiveness—as human specialists.

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Patient sues surgeon and Allina Health for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery

In court documents, an unnamed Minnesota woman said that in 2022, she was admitted to an Allina Health hospital and scheduled for the removal of her infected spleen, only for an error to result in her left kidney being removed instead.

The PleuraFlow Active Clearance Technology (ACT) System from ClearFlow

Chest tube-clearing device improves recovery, limits readmissions after heart surgery

“Conventional chest tubes are prone to clogging, which can hinder recovery,” one researcher explained.

Same-day discharge after TAVR linked to positive outcomes

When low-risk patients undergo transfemoral TAVR, they may be able to go home without spending a single night at the hospital.

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2 out of 5 heart failure patients are not seeing a cardiologist

Even seeing a cardiologist once per year can help these patients elevate their long-term survival. Many stay home, however, missing out on potentially life-saving guidance and/or treatment.