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Analyzing more than 1,500 cases of patients who got sent from an acute-care hospital to an ostensibly more-capable facility, Harvard researchers have found 1 in 4 such transfers could—and probably should—have been avoided.
The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and other U.S. medical societies have collaborated on new recommendations that cover everything from preoperative patient evaluations to postoperative care.
A little more than half a year after establishing a healthcare affordability lab, Yale University is out with freshly detailed policy prescriptions for cutting costs without compromising care.
The agency said the move comes after a May 2026 audit of Medicaid outcomes found that states are motivated more by a desire to check boxes than to ensure patients are healthy. Once completed, the new framework will ideally align financial incentives with care outcomes.
Patient engagement expert John Deutsch says consumers are already used to “frictionless experiences” when it comes time to catch a ride or buy a coffee. Can AI bring healthcare up to speed?
AI-based tools are here to stay, but one expert does not see them replacing cardiologists anytime soon. Look at recent trends in radiology, he says, to get a better idea of what cardiology's future may look like.
If lifestyle medicine is to help U.S. healthcare improve care while reducing costs, the specialty is going to need a hand collecting and coding data at various points of patient care and engagement.
In announcing its proposed changes to the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for 2027, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services justified the reduced reimbursement by pointing to rates paid by private insurers, which are on average 16% less than what the federal government pays.
When heart patients are diagnosed with severe AS, how quickly do they need to undergo TAVR? That was the focus of a new analysis published in Open Heart.
Specialists from the fields of interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery collaborated to perform what is believed to be the first completely catheter-based Fontan procedure in U.S. history. The young patient's recovery was much easier than it would have been otherwise.