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Incoming 2023-2024 American College of Cardiology (ACC) president Hadley Wilson, MD, shares insights on how to create health equity through both ACC programs and hospital grassroots community outreach programs. He outlines four programs his heart hospital is piloting in its community in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Incoming 2023-2024 American College of Cardiology president Hadley Wilson, MD, shared insights on how to create health equity through grassroots community outreach programs.

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When the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association collaborated on new valvular heart disease (VHD) guidelines in 2020, the two groups highlighted the importance of interventional treatment options such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). However, an estimated one-third of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) in the U.S. still lack a guideline-recommended treatment plan, dramatically lowering their chances of survival. Doctor at computer

The number of CEO changes at U.S. companies rose 12% from December 2022 to January 2023, with hospital CEOs playing a key part in that trend.

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The test specifically can detect and differentiate between influenza A and B and the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Read more about FDA authorizes first at-home flu and COVID-19 test

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A healthcare AI startup spawned from academia has launched an app to help caregivers understand the emotional state of individuals who are minimally verbal due to such conditions as autism, brain injury and dementia.

Read more about Emotional rescue: AI app interprets feelings of the nonverbal

The "prolific" ransomware group Clop is associated with Russia and has managed to breach some major healthcare systems.

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is reportedly in talks to acquire Seagen, a biotechnology company focused on developing cancer therapies.

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60% of U.S. adults would be uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI for their medical care.

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Sahil A. Parikh, MD, Director of Endovascular Services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, explained the growing trend or interventional cardiologists treating PAD and CLI. He shares what he thinks is important for cardiology departments to know before expanding expanding their programs in this space.

Sahil Parikh, MD, director of endovascular services at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said treating these patients can be quite challenging.

Read more about What do interventional cardiologists need to treat PAD and CLI?

Reventics, a revenue cycle management company and a business associate of Regional One Health, detected a cyber-intruder who accessed the company’s servers in December 2022.

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The announcement comes as more Alzheimer’s drugs are being evaluated with hopes that some new treatments could be breakthroughs.

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