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.

Cardiology groups share new recommendations for performing safe, effective cardiac ablations in ASCs
The timing of this new guidance from the Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology could not have been better—the document went live just as CMS finalized its decision to cover cardiac ablation procedures performed in ASCs.
Healthcare AI today: AI succeeds Hippocrates, Amazon looms large, 2026 predictions begin
The largest healthcare system in the Middle East is partnering with Nvidia to decode the human genome. If successful, the AI-heavy project will translate almost the entire language of heredity into actionable information.
Washington hospital open since 1887 pauses heart transplant program due to vacancies
No other heart or transplant services at the nonprofit hospital should be impacted by this temporary shift in care.
Healthcare AI today: Noblesse oblige, European lag, inspirational leadership, more
One of the AI haves feels the pain of the AI have-nots. His discomfort is especially pronounced when he thinks about how hard it must be for financial strugglers to keep up with regulations and rumors of regulations to come.
Healthcare AI today: Help for dutiful caregivers, Trump vs. state regulators, healthcare AI supply & demand
$2M says home-based caregivers could use a little more AI in their day-to-day lives.

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days. The Sam Altman-Arianna Huffington ‘AI health coach’ has attracted detractors ...

'Well-resourced and innovation-focused hospitals should mentor and provide technical support to underfunded or smaller hospitals.'

How to mitigate institutional inequities involving AI

When it comes to adopting healthcare AI, large, well-off hospitals are likely to frequently homer while smaller, struggling institutions go down looking. (Baseball analogy in honor of tonight’s Midsummer Classic.)

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The 25 best heart hospitals in the United States

U.S. News & World Report is back with its latest rankings. Did your facility make the cut?

Female cardiologists much more likely to receive negative reviews

Researchers explored more than 100,000 online reviews, using AI to learn as much as possible about what drives patients to give their cardiologist a positive or negative rating.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

6 ways to convert GenAI adoption into real business value

Using the technology and making it work for purpose are two different things. And the U.S. leads all countries in terms of full implementation, at 24% (vs. 19% for China).

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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The cardiologist shortage is here: 46% of all US counties have no heart doctors

Counties with no cardiologists tend to be “rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged,” researchers noted. The group called for policy reform and new technologies to help address the issue.

Care Delivery

Cardiology groups share new recommendations for performing safe, effective cardiac ablations in ASCs

Healthcare AI today: AI succeeds Hippocrates, Amazon looms large, 2026 predictions begin

Washington hospital open since 1887 pauses heart transplant program due to vacancies

Healthcare AI today: Noblesse oblige, European lag, inspirational leadership, more

Healthcare AI today: Help for dutiful caregivers, Trump vs. state regulators, healthcare AI supply & demand