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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.

4 points about healthcare AI that notable experts are emphasizing in the public square
The brain is the single most complex internal system in the body. That’s a no-brainer. But can you name the runner-up? (Bonus points for guessing what this has to do with healthcare AI.)
Financial aid nonprofits merge to do more for patients feeling pinched by medical bills on top of overall inflation
Two medical charities that last year gave $640 million to 200,000 struggling Americans are combining forces so they can expand their collective wherewithal.
Do older patients shy away from mHealth apps—or do clinicians too often assume they will?
Researchers: “Clinicians’ perceptions about older patients’ interest in and ability to use mobile health apps may negatively impact recommendation of mHealth apps and subsequent adoption by older adults.”
Cardiologists perform first TAVR of its kind by anchoring valve to crushed stent
The patient, 78, presented with severe AR and no signs of calcification. She was considered a poor choice for surgery or traditional TAVR due to multiple risks. That is where the new-look ATLAS technique came in.
Post-COVID, nurses still ‘lack confidence in management to act in the best interest of patients’
As of 2024, some 32% of hospital nurses indicated they remained unhappy on the job. No less troublingly, more than a quarter said they wanted to quit work outright.

FDA clears wearable heart device that captures multiple signals at once

The newly approved device captures electrocardiogram, photoplethysmogram and seismocardiogram signals at the same time. It can also be paired with advanced AI models to monitor patients for specific conditions.

Joint Commission to view pediatric hospitals as specialized centers, not just care facilities for ‘small adults’

The largest accrediting and certifying organization in U.S. healthcare announced July 29 it will begin upholding standards that distinguish children from adults.

Video with former ACC president Kim Williams, MD, discusses a heart screening outreach program he created in low-income Louisville neighborhoods.

Successful outreach program brings heart screenings to underserved communities

Former ACC president Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, shared his experience bringing helpful heart screenings to low-income neighborhoods. "You've got to be willing to go out and find where the patients are," he said.

Healthcare AI today: Woke AI pros & cons, AI in the states, Doximity’s free AI scribe, more

We’ve looked at woke from all sides now. Woke AI, that is. It’s become a widely discussed thing, thanks to President Donald Trump’s July 23 executive order “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government.”

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The best heart hospitals in the United States

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual ranking of the top U.S. hospitals for cardiology, heart surgery and vascular surgery. Did your facility make the cut this year?

Implementing LLMs in healthcare? First, do some harm reduction

By viewing large-language AI models through the lens of harm-reduction thinking, healthcare adopters can cultivate a responsible, ethical and optimal integration of the technology.

John D. Puskas, MD, MSc, PhD., FACS, FACC, professor of surgery, and chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University Hospital Midtown, explains when patients are best served with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery rather than percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

How to choose between CABG and PCI when treating coronary artery disease

John Puskas, MD, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University Hospital Midtown, noted that both treatment options have their own benefits. It often depends on the patient's age and comorbidities, though there are other factors to consider as well.

Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA an expert in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome, associate professor of internal medicine, and the Endowed Professor for Research in Internal Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains the CKM advisory from the American Heart Association designed to help define and stage the disease. CKM has seen a large amount of growing interest from cardiologists in recent years.

Interest rising in CKM syndrome as connections become clearer

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a popular research topic among cardiologists, highlighting just how closely obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease are related to one another. Joshua Joseph, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about this ongoing trend.

Care Delivery

4 points about healthcare AI that notable experts are emphasizing in the public square

Financial aid nonprofits merge to do more for patients feeling pinched by medical bills on top of overall inflation

Do older patients shy away from mHealth apps—or do clinicians too often assume they will?

Cardiologists perform first TAVR of its kind by anchoring valve to crushed stent

Post-COVID, nurses still ‘lack confidence in management to act in the best interest of patients’