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.

Outspoken nurses in hot water | Population growth slowdown | Hospitals becoming Medicare Advantage carriers | and more news & views of note
How politically heated is the present moment? Enough to elicit verbal violence from trusted nurses.
Faster treatments, better outcomes: 5 key takeaways from new stroke guideline
The American Stroke Association's first major update in 7 years highlights the importance of coordinated care and expands patient access to critical treatments. It also includes the first detailed recommendations for treating stroke in pediatric patients.
Why Condi Rice believes AI and other emerging technologies have our world in a ‘hinge-of-history’ moment | and more AI news, views & findings
Those who closely follow news and views on AI risk missing out on nine other technology categories that are changing our world just as fast. Or, as Stanford Prof. Condoleezza Rice puts it, “History will judge not only what we invented but also how and why we chose to do so.”
Robotic cardiac surgery building momentum thanks to RAVR, other breakthroughs
The sky may be the limit for robotic cardiac surgery in 2026 and beyond.
Fans and foes of medical debt relief | Heat on the Hill for payer CEOs | One and done with algorithmic care | and more briefings
Several states use taxpayer dollars to help struggling residents pay down medical debt. One is considered a leader of the movement—by critics as well as proponents.

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Healthcare AI today: Senate arguments, aging infrastructure, ‘elastic’ jobs, more

States’ rights or federal power? Senate Republicans are of two minds on AI regulation in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

That’s no mere hospital—it’s a ‘complex adaptive system.’ Use GenAI accordingly.

From the perspective of management science, healthcare is a complex adaptive system marked by intricate feedback loops and overlapping interdependencies. As such, the sector demands caution by those introducing large-language AI into its tangled webs.

Healthcare AI today: Dangerous LLMs, self-training AI—and is AI good for what ails healthcare?

If an individual is at all susceptible to mental unwellness, overuse of a talkative LLM could push him or her over the edge. Maybe literally.

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3 points to ponder before tapping AI for mental healthcare

Earlier this year, patients treated by an AI chatbot for some common mental health challenges got better. This was significant because the patients were part of the first randomized and controlled trial for this type of AI intervention.

Why more doctors should pursue business and leadership training

“Just as medicine has its own language, so does business," two surgeons explained in a new editorial.

Next-day discharge after TAVR is still safe when alternative access is required

Even TAVR patients not treated using transfemoral access can typically go home the very next day.

Q&A: Cardiologist and EARLY TAVR co-author questions study’s execution

The EARLY TAVR clinical trial made a significant impact, paving the way for the FDA to approve multiple transcatheter heart valves for the treatment of asymptomatic patients. However, one cardiologist who participated in the trial has some serious concerns with how its findings were presented to the public.

Healthcare AI today: JCAHO–CHAI teamwork, what patients everywhere want, when to restrain AI, more

The Joint Commission is partnering with the Coalition for Health AI to scale AI accountability. The project will supply more than 80% of U.S. provider orgs with gameplans, toolkits and overall guidance.

Care Delivery

Outspoken nurses in hot water | Population growth slowdown | Hospitals becoming Medicare Advantage carriers | and more news & views of note

Faster treatments, better outcomes: 5 key takeaways from new stroke guideline

Why Condi Rice believes AI and other emerging technologies have our world in a ‘hinge-of-history’ moment | and more AI news, views & findings

Robotic cardiac surgery building momentum thanks to RAVR, other breakthroughs

Fans and foes of medical debt relief | Heat on the Hill for payer CEOs | One and done with algorithmic care | and more briefings