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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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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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FDA official: Let’s work together to make healthcare AI work for everyone

AI won’t fulfill its promise to transform American medicine if it isn’t appropriately integrated, step by step, across U.S. healthcare.

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The waiting game: Delaying TAVR increases healthcare costs by $10K per year

Delaying TAVR in eligible patients with severe AS can lead to much higher healthcare costs, according to a new study of real-world Medicare data.

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Private equity-backed cardiology group puts cloud-based technology in hands of its cardiologists

Cardiovascular Associates of America, backed by Webster Equity Partners, currently includes practices in eight different states. Its partner cardiologists now have preferred access to multiple cloud-based services provided by Athenahealth. 

Video of Peter Monteleone, MD, discusses role of cardiology in pulmonary embolism response teams (PERT). CT image of the heart showing bilateral pulmonary embolism blood clots in the pulmonary arteries leading into the lungs.

Interventional cardiology sees growing role in pulmonary embolism interventions

Peter Monteleone, MD, national director of cardiovascular research at Ascension Health, explains the growing role of interventional cardiology in pulmonary embolism treatment and PERT teams.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

artificial intelligence in healthcare

How to attain and sustain transparency in medical devices outfitted with AI

AI transparency in medical devices is achievable and imperative, according to new guidance jointly promoted by the FDA, Health Canada and the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

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US healthcare is flush with venture investments in AI: Silicon Valley Bank report

The past five years have been boom times for AI startups courting venture investors in healthcare, and the good times just keep rolling.