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.   

Healthcare unemployment rates lower than other industries during pandemic

Despite higher rates of burnout and stress among healthcare workers during the pandemic, the healthcare industry has reported lower unemployment rates than other fields.

 

President Biden declares COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over’

President Joe Biden said the COVID-19 “pandemic is over” during an interview with 60 Minutes.

TCT 2022 Robert Califf FDA Commissioner

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf delivers fiery speech on innovation, healthcare disparities and misinformation at TCT 2022

“The United States is essentially inventing the technology and then the rest of the world is figuring out how to use it better,” he said.

Hospital finance

Hospitals face billions in losses this year

Hospitals are facing some of the tightest financial pressures of the past several years and expecting billions in losses for 2022.

Burnout among physicians reaches new high

Burnout is a growing problem across the healthcare industry, and physicians are feeling symptoms worse than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on.

How AI could be the key to beating the next COVID-19 variant

While the number of possible mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein would be overwhelming for humans to analyze, machine learning may be able to offer critical insights for next-generation vaccines and antibody treatments. 

US life expectancy falls, primarily due to COVID-19

The numbers are worse for men compared to women, according to a new CDC report. 

How AI can boost care for female heart attack patients

Researchers used data from more than 420,000 patients to develop a new AI-powered risk score that could help women receive much better care. 

Around the web

In the post-COVID era, wages for permanent RNs are rising, and wages for travelers are decreasing. A new report tracked these trends and more. 

Two medical device companies have announced a transaction that could shake up the U.S. electrophysiology market. 

These companies were already part of the Johnson & Johnson family, but they had still retained their previous brand names. Now, each one is officially going by Johnson & Johnson MedTech. 

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