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.

Healthcare administrators: Need help holding PCPs accountable? Here it is from focus-group research
Family physicians and other primary care providers don’t mind being held to account for care quality by healthcare administrators. The rub is that multiple other stakeholders often demand similar levels of answerability, pulling the doctors in different directions at once.
How to prevent the most common complication after heart surgery
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons put together an expert committee to examine the prevention and treatment of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. The group shared recommendations for before, during and after treatment.
Prescription drug commercials anger some, please others
Pharmaceutical companies are spending close to $10 billion per year on direct-to-consumer advertising in the U.S. Only the entertainment industry spends more. Is that a good thing?
Heart Rhythm 2026 to feature late-breaking EP data, hands-on training and more
Heart Rhythm 2026 in Chicago will include a total of 18 late-breaking clinical trials—and that is just the beginning. The four-day event kicks off April 23.
Where physicians have become more litigious than hospitals over unpaid patient bills
Of all lawsuits filed against patients in 2024 in one U.S. state, physician practices and other non-hospital healthcare entities accounted for 80% of cases. That’s a complete inversion from just six years prior.

What is CKM syndrome? American Heart Association outlines how to identify and manage a dangerous new condition

The American Heart Association has developed an updated strategy for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. A newly defined health condition, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, sits at the center of that strategy.

What stakeholders are saying about the largest healthcare strike in history

Many healthcare watchers were taken by surprise when upwards of 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers went on strike last week.

Stroke after TAVR: New research helps cardiologists detect early warning signs

Post-TAVR stroke is rare, but it can be fatal. A new study in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions examined the issue in great detail, focusing on more than 2,700 patients treated over a two-year stretch.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

‘We share a common vision’: Private equity-backed cardiology management group partners with MedAxiom, ACC

The group's roster of 17 like-minded cardiology practices now has access to MedAxiom's practice management tools and other key resources.

Federal AI security center established, called an ‘overwhelming win’ for businesses, hospitals

The AI Security Center, AISC for short, has as its inaugural leader U.S. Army General Paul Nakasone.

How poised is your state to handle a disaster with mass pediatric casualties?

Illinois, New Jersey and Tennessee are the only states in the country to mandate emergency preparedness for pediatric patients.

Masking, social distancing ‘do not reduce and may enhance’ subjective well-being in the pandemic-wary

Regardless of effectiveness or lack thereof, pandemic-response measures like masking and social distancing give many people a sense of being better off with them than without them.

Care Delivery

Healthcare administrators: Need help holding PCPs accountable? Here it is from focus-group research

How to prevent the most common complication after heart surgery

Prescription drug commercials anger some, please others

Heart Rhythm 2026 to feature late-breaking EP data, hands-on training and more

Where physicians have become more litigious than hospitals over unpaid patient bills