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.

Thousands of heart surgery kits recalled due to FDA quality concerns
Specific lots of several procedure kits have been recalled after the FDA identified quality issues during a recent inspection.
Kaiser Permanente to pay community hospital over $82M to resolve out-of-network reimbursement dispute
The lawsuit dates back to 2019 but has been stuck in the court process for years. In the end, the health plan will pay Pomona Valley Hospital for emergency care delivered to patients at an out-of-network rate—though the facility didn’t get all of what it was seeking.
Chest pain drug lowers risk of kidney injury after PCI
Treating certain high-risk PCI patients with nicorandil before and after treatment can significantly reduce their risk of contrast-related injuries.
New digital platform gets clinicians on the same page when treating heart attacks
One of the platform's biggest benefits is the rich clinical information it provides to all members of the care team.
Portal messaging proves ‘an expansion of between-visit care rather than a substitute for in-person care’
Any lingering fears about patients using online portals to get bonus medical attention for free should be largely quieted, albeit not completely silenced, by a new study conducted at New York University.

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Primary care is primed for AI. But is AI aligned with primary care?

Fewer than one-third of primary care clinicians have a say in selecting the AI products their institutions expect them to fold into their clinical workflows. That’s a problem.

The Medtronic CoreValve Evolut and the Edwards Lifesciences Sapien 3 TAVR valves.

Second-generation TAVR valves from Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences and Boston Scientific are all associated with similar seven-year outcomes, according to a new retrospective study out of Italy.

Machine learning vs. bodily pain: 5 points of promise and challenge

We have seen the future of pain management, and it is in automated assessments aided by AI.

Aakriti Gupta, MD, Cedars-Sinai, explains use of cerebral embolic protection devices in TAVR

An updated look at the use of cerebral embolic protection devices during TAVR

Cardiologist Aakriti Gupta, MD, MSc, spoke to Cardiovascular Business about the latest data and trends associated with using cerebral embolic protection devices during TAVR to lower the risk of stroke.

Healthcare AI newswatch: Trump-era AI regs, AI sign language, AI dentistry, more

The Trump administration will probably play to type when it comes to regulating AI.

Generative AI isn’t changing everything for patients and providers—but it’s not leaving much unaffected, either

Generative AI is altering the way healthcare consumers size up hospitals, group practices and individual providers. But the comparison shopping would pose a challenge to healthcare organizations even if AI hadn’t entered the picture.

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Healthcare AI newswatch: Consumer mistrust, humanoid robots, vendor wars, more

Healthcare consumers are wary of healthcare systems packing AI.

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Antibiotics prescriptions: There’s a large-language model for that

Add this to the list of high-risk healthcare activities to which generative AI can contribute: prescribing antibiotics.

Care Delivery

Thousands of heart surgery kits recalled due to FDA quality concerns

Kaiser Permanente to pay community hospital over $82M to resolve out-of-network reimbursement dispute

Chest pain drug lowers risk of kidney injury after PCI

New digital platform gets clinicians on the same page when treating heart attacks

Portal messaging proves ‘an expansion of between-visit care rather than a substitute for in-person care’