Vascular surgeons perform procedures interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists do not do—so why not make sure they are part of every heart team conversation?
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has tested nearly 40 APMs, of which only two turned out to be successful, which does not bode well for meeting a 2030 deadline to transition to value-based payments.
Afnan Tariq, MD, discusses early data on a passive, device-agnostic AI platform for heart failure monitoring. “When clinicians are empowered with insights and able to act earlier, you're able to have a durable impact," he said.
Phoenix Children's Hospital uses AI to rapidly develop new algorithms to help solve clinical and automation issues specifc to the hospital in as little a few hours.
Eric Williamson, MD, a former SCCT president, examined recruitment and retention strategies for physicians and technologists in the field of cardiac CT.
The new radiotracer flurpiridaz is poised to make a major impact on nuclear cardiology. Timothy Bateman, MD, co-director of the cardiovascular radiologic imaging program at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, shared details on the tracer in a new interview.
Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida, consolidated patient medication history from numerous facilities into one location in its Epic EHR to improve patient safety and allow data analytics.
Preventing sudden cardiac arrest involves managing risk factors such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes. We spoke to Christine Albert, MD, about this and much more at ESC 2023.
Cardiac CT has been evolving rapidly in recent years. Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, outlined some of the main trends he has seen at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
Gregg Stone, MD, discussing the value of IVUS and OCT over angiography to guide PCI procedures and actually improve outcomes based on a 12,000 patient meta analysis presented at ESC 2023.
KLAS conducts annual assessments of all types of healthcare information systems such as PACS, EMRs and cardiovascular information systems and ranks them. Bradley Hunter, the vice president for value-based care and core solutions at KLAS Research, explains the process of ranking.
