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.

defiant cancer survivor

In brief: Cancer survival | Difficult patients | IVF moms | Murderous surgeon

People diagnosed with cancer in the 2020s have a much greater chance of beating the disease than they would have had in decades past.

Compensation for U.S. cardiologists is up across the board, according to a recent survey published by MedAxiom, an American College of Cardiology company. The report identified similar trends for cardiovascular surgeons, highlighting the country’s high demand for all heart specialists in 2024 and beyond.

Cardiovascular health in the United States: Exploring the good, the bad and the ugly

A new comprehensive report detailed the latest stats and trends in hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke and many other areas of interest. “Progress in cardiovascular health depends on knowing where we stand,” the authors wrote. “To improve, we must measure—not occasionally, but consistently, transparently and with purpose.”

Innovation Team

AI roundup: FDA reassures innovators, Claude challenges ChatGPT, health system goes DIY with AI, more

The FDA wants designers of goods in two health-tech categories to worry more about supplying innovative products than about pleasing the FDA. 

Job candidate application

3 high-level briefings: Healthcare is an employment anomaly | Nurses are burning out | Dr. Birx is bullish on health data

The latest federal jobs report brings good news to healthcare and social assistance, bad news to most other sectors.  

AI Avalanche

The ‘AI avalanche’ descends on surgery, ChatGPT goes healthcare-specific and more AI news & views not to miss

AI is an icy landslide sweeping through healthcare. Even surgeons must choose between two stark options: Ride the crest of the powder cloud now or dig yourselves out of a deep runout zone later. 

new food pyramid

New food pyramid cheered and contested, doctors vs. gun harms & other high-level briefings

Keto-diet champions will like the new food pyramid’s emphasis on proteins, including those high in saturated fats. Not everyone shares their predisposition. 

happy pill time

ChatGPT is penetrating healthcare with explosive might, a US state is trying human-less prescription refills—and more AI news not to miss

If you still think of large-language AI as a newish thing yet to catch on with healthcare consumers, think again.

Is RFK Jr. really conducting an ‘assault on vaccines’? And more high-level news notes

The CDC has gone ahead and changed its recommendations for childhood immunizations. The gnashing of teeth has only just begun.