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.

AI news & views of note: What patients think of AI scribes, 5 must-have principles for enterprise-wide adoption, more
Physicians love AI scribes. Has anyone thought to ask patients what they think?
American College of Cardiology highlights the cardiovascular risks of various cancer treatments
The new guidance, published in JACC, focuses on three classes of commonly used anticancer therapies.
CMS considers Medicare coverage for TAVR in asymptomatic patients
After an official request from Edwards Lifesciences, CMS is rethinking its coverage policy for the use of TAVR to treat asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis. The agency is accepting public comments on this topic until Jan. 14.
When healthcare met politics with time running out: 3 new developments
The director of the National Institutes of Health and his principal deputy are touting their success at ‘curing’ the agency of its self-inflicted DEI disability.
Women are more likely to have severe aortic stenosis missed on echocardiography results
Three out of four TTEs are being ordered by clinicians who are not cardiologists. Could this be having a negative impact on patient care?

Now comes the ‘largest private-sector doctors’ union’ in the country

The inclination to organize and sound off for better working conditions and more patient-centric job descriptions continues to spread among healthcare workers.

Hospital payroll squeeze: Will strikes pick up where pandemic resignations left off?

During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, around 1 in 5 nonphysician healthcare workers quit their jobs. That was then and this is now. (Plus: Hospital quotes of the week)

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

One-stop cardiology clinic opens, offering same-day CVD diagnoses

The new healthcare facility is the first of its kind, offering same-day cardiac imaging scans, cardiologist consultations and diagnoses.

Impella Heart Pump Abiomed RECOVER IV RCT cardiogenic shock

FDA warns Abiomed about ‘significant violations’ related to its Impella heart pumps

The agency said Abiomed did not seek the necessary approvals for one Impella-related device and was slow to act on certain safety concerns.

Hospitals thrust into wartime healthcare: Scenes from two fronts

What has life been like this week at hospitals in Israel and Gaza? First-person accounts paint a chilling but unignorable picture.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

Healthcare AI and HIPAA compliance: 5 key legal questions + answers

Training AI for use in healthcare requires feeding algorithms patient data, and lots of it. This opens data custodians—typically hospitals—to various points of potential legal exposure.

Healthcare retailers in the news: Best Buy Health, Walgreens, Dollar General

The past several days have seen a series of noteworthy healthcare developments involving brick-and-mortar consumer stores.

Care Delivery

AI news & views of note: What patients think of AI scribes, 5 must-have principles for enterprise-wide adoption, more

American College of Cardiology highlights the cardiovascular risks of various cancer treatments

CMS considers Medicare coverage for TAVR in asymptomatic patients

When healthcare met politics with time running out: 3 new developments

Women are more likely to have severe aortic stenosis missed on echocardiography results