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.

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What will it take to win consumer buy-in on GenAI for healthcare?

Americans aren’t OK with generative healthcare AI that was developed without physicians and is sold by vendors without track records. 

December 15, 2023
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Hospitals earn their keep as US healthcare spending hits $4.5T

Big as it is, the hospital piece represented just a 2.2% bump over 2021—a modest increase compared with 2021’s spike of 4.5% over 2020.

December 14, 2023
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Medical malpractice ruling: Hospital to pay $39M over young heart patient’s death

Prosecutors successfully argued that the patient would not have died if clinicians had ordered a routine CT exam. 

December 13, 2023
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House passes ‘landmark’ bill to juice healthcare price transparency

Bipartisan legislation intended to lower healthcare costs by lifting price transparency has made it through the U.S. House of Representatives.

December 12, 2023
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Ghoulish selfie-taking nurse sentenced after victimizing patients, hospital

At a time when patient assaults against nurses are reportedly on the rise, cases that invert the equation only reinforce the public’s perception that hospitals are chaotic places.

December 12, 2023
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Credit forecast: Hospitals will recover only slowly from lingering ‘labor-demic’

In its annual outlook report released this week, Fitch Ratings says the coming calendar year will probably strike much of the sector as “another make or break” period.

December 7, 2023
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Ethical healthcare AI in 8 mnemonic elements

Artificial intelligence researchers are making a “great plea” to guide the ethical development and use of generative AI in medicine.

December 6, 2023
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Cardiologists, other physicians say the shift from private practice to corporate ownership is bad for patients

How do changes in ownership impact patient care? That was one of the many topics explored in a new survey of U.S. physicians.

December 5, 2023

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Half a year after President Biden officially directed federal agencies in the executive branch’s bailiwick to “seize the promise and manage the risks” of AI, the White House has posted a status report.

U.S. physicians often receive payments from medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. New research in JAMA found a connection between receiving such payments and using specific devices—should the industry be concerned? 

Five of the largest U.S. medical societies focused on cardiovascular health are one step closer to seeing their paradigm-shifting proposal become a reality.

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