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.

Cardiology groups around the world unite to redefine heart failure
The groups hope to standardize heart failure terminology and ensure everyone is on the same page when discussing this complex condition.
Cardiologist compensation keeps rising—but are we nearing a tipping point?
Many cardiologists are earning more in 2026 than they did in 2025. However, there is a fear that compensation and wRVUs can only climb so far in this current healthcare environment before things start to stall.
5 things to know about an emerging drug-resistant fungus now putting hospitals at risk of outbreaks
Memo to health execs: If your hospital hasn’t had a C. auris scare yet, odds are quite high that it soon will.
Health system CEO fired without cause in wake of class-action lawsuit over unnecessary surgeries
Reese Jackson, the former president and CEO of Chesapeake Regional Healthcare was unceremoniously dismissed from his role on June 1. Jackson has been named as a defendant in a pending class-action lawsuit filed by 900 women.
Thousands of heart surgery kits recalled due to FDA quality concerns
Specific lots of several procedure kits have been recalled after the FDA identified quality issues during a recent inspection.

AI scribes add at least $167 per month to clinician income: 5-site study

In the three or so years since it burst into healthcare, ambient AI scribe technology has run away with the win in the market-uptake race. What has been the return on investment in all those software packages?

Cardiology practice launches walk-in clinic in Pennsylvania

The new clinic wants to keep patients out of hospital EDs when possible and provide care at a lower cost.

Another win for opportunistic screening: AI turns head CT scans into heart assessments

AI can help care teams get additional value out of routine head CT images.

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FDA approves fast-acting heart drug for children

Landiolol, sold under the brand name Rapiblyk, is only meant to be administered in a hospital setting. It was initially approved for adult patients in 2024.

New Gallup research shows AI carving transition into the healthcare landscape

Almost 15% of more than 5,500 U.S. adults—representing around 14 million individuals—have skipped a doctor visit after feeling satisfied enough with health advice they received from AI.

To optimize infection-control practices, know your providers’ priorities

Demonstrated cost-effectiveness is a highly motivating factor in getting healthcare workers to adopt measures for preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections.

PFA associated with heightened stroke risk

PFA is still quite safe overall. However, new data out of EHRA 2026 suggest cardiologists have much to learn about minimizing risk during treatment.

Nuanced clinical reasoning remains beyond the ken of frontier LLMs

Harvard researchers put 21 state-of-the-art large language models through their paces. The results are in.

Care Delivery

Cardiology groups around the world unite to redefine heart failure

Cardiologist compensation keeps rising—but are we nearing a tipping point?

5 things to know about an emerging drug-resistant fungus now putting hospitals at risk of outbreaks

Health system CEO fired without cause in wake of class-action lawsuit over unnecessary surgeries

Thousands of heart surgery kits recalled due to FDA quality concerns