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.

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25% of clinicians want to switch careers, mostly due to burnout

Burnout is contributing to a potential mass loss of workforce for the healthcare industry, with 25% of clinicians considering switching careers.

CareCentrix CEO John Driscoll will assume the new role of vice president and president, U.S. healthcare, including Walgreens Health, at WBA.

Walgreens to acquire remaining stake in CareCentrix for $392M

Walgreens will acquire the remaining 45% stake in CareCentrix for $392 million, after already acquiring a 55% stake for $330 million.

A transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure being performed at Intermountain Healthcare. Image from Intermountain Healthcare

Severe prosthesis-patient mismatch after TAVR linked to a higher risk of death

Researchers examined data from 82,000 TAVR patients, focusing on echocardiography-defined PPM. They shared their results in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

FFR-guided PCI provides significant value, new meta-analysis confirms

FFR-guided PCI was associated with improved resource utilization and less radiation exposure, among other benefits, when compared to angiography-guided procedures.

COVID-19 vaccines prevented 300K deaths in 2021

COVID-19 vaccines were very effective at preventing serious illness and excess deaths in 2021, according to new data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The vaccines were also linked to considerable cost savings. 

Walmart launches Healthcare Research Institute

Retail giant Walmart has launched the Healthcare Research Institute as an effort to increase access to clinical research.

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Most consumers are not shopping around for better healthcare prices

While the Biden administration and federal agencies have made price transparency a long-term goal for the U.S. healthcare industry, a recent study revealed Americans aren’t actually shopping around very often for better healthcare prices.

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5 key predictors of heart failure hospitalizations after TAVR

Diabetes and atrial fibrillation are just some of the factors that can increase a patient's risk of being hospitalized for heart failure within one year of undergoing a successful TAVR procedure.