Clinical

This channel newsfeed includes clinical content on treating patients or the clinical implications in a variety of cardiac subspecialties and disease states. The channel includes news on cardiac surgery, interventional cardiologyheart failure, electrophysiologyhypertension, structural heart disease, use of pharmaceuticals, and COVID-19.   

An interactive diagram for the carotids and arteries of the brain for interventional reporting shown by Fujifilm at HIMSS 2023. Photo by Dave Fornell

CMS changes coverage policy for carotid stenting to make it more widely available

A group of interventional cardiologists, neurologists and vascular surgeons successfully petitioned Medicare to change its coverage determination for carotid stenting procedures.

October 18, 2023
AI businessman

Number of AI products in healthcare set for fivefold expansion by 2035

A study projects AI funding will continue to increase, resulting in a massive number of new products during the next decade. 

October 16, 2023
Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world

One-stop cardiology clinic opens, offering same-day CVD diagnoses

The new healthcare facility is the first of its kind, offering same-day cardiac imaging scans, cardiologist consultations and diagnoses. 

October 12, 2023
Smartphone mHealth. Updated Twitter policies have helped online pranksters cause mischief in recent days, including one specific user who impersonated Eli Lilly and Company and posted that insulin was now free. Lilly CEO has now commented on the fake tweet read 'round the world—and what it could mean for the company going forward. 

Does X still mark the spot for cardiologists? The risks and benefits of using Twitter in 2023 and beyond

Should interventional cardiologists be using X, the website formerly known as Twitter? A team of specialists explored that very question, sharing its assessment in JSCAI.

October 12, 2023
Video of Kateita Hasanovic, RN, senior director, clinical EHR applications at Baptist Health, Jacksonville, Florida, explains how her large health system consolidated its Epic EHR and patient medication history.

How medication reconciliation data consolidation in the EHR enables better patient care

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.

October 10, 2023
man in prison behind bars

Lab owner confesses to $359M fraud involving COVID tests

A married couple operating a lab in California admit to billing Medicare for unnecessary rapid COVID tests.

October 9, 2023
Money dollar investments

Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons push insurance company to rethink billing policy

The American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and Society of Thoracic Surgeons raised the issue, which is related to the billing of transcatheter heart procedures such as TAVR. 

October 9, 2023
cardiovascular emergency ambulance

Family of man who died of a heart attack settles lawsuit for $1.9M after error led to delayed care

EMTs waited outside the man's house for 13 minutes before finally entering. The delay, it turns out, was due to an error in the dispatcher's computer system. 

October 6, 2023

Around the web

This week Washington took a major step toward nailing down a solid game plan on federal AI spending for everything outside of defense.

The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup