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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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Loneliness is an epidemic among U.S. adults

A whopping 58% of U.S. adults are considered lonely, a figure that reflects negative mental health impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pennsylvania health systems announce merger plans

Butler Health System and Excela Health will combine to create a health system with more than $1 billion in revenue.

Medtronic and GE Healthcare have received FDA clearance and CE mark approval for a new collaboration designed to improve patient monitoring. The combined solution involves the integration of Medtronic’s INVOS regional oximetry and Microstream capnography technologies into GE Healthcare’s CARESCAPE precision monitoring platform.

Medtronic, GE Healthcare join forces on new-look continuous monitoring solution

The collaboration is aimed at improving patient outcomes after cardiac surgeries and other procedures. 

Americans more likely to seek surgical care during COVID if hospital staff are vaccinated.

Americans more likely to seek surgical care during pandemic if hospital staff is vaccinated

A new study found Americans are more likely to have surgery during a pandemic if they are vaccinated, the hospital staff are vaccinated, the surgery is urgent and the surgery is an outpatient procedure.

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EHR alerts boost care for patients with HFrEF

Simple EHR alerts helped one health system get more guideline-recommended medications to its heart failure patients.

Survival on the rise among high-risk pulmonary embolism patients

The study's authors examined data from more than 1.4 million patients, noting that pulmonary embolism response teams appear to be playing a significant role. 

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Parents welcome AI in pediatric emergency departments, but some uncertainty remains

Family engagement is seen as critical for the implementation of AI-based clinical decision support tools in pediatrics, which the authors of this study say will play an increasing role in healthcare.

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Why criminalizing medical errors is not the answer

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation released a new policy statement detailing why the criminalization of medical errors is unjust and counterproductive.
 

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