Is U.S. healthcare capable of achieving its own quadruple aim? Or is that ideal destined to remain a perpetual pursuit, always chased but never really caught?

The ongoing rise of private equity continues to be one of the biggest topics in modern healthcare. 

Tracking private equity acquisitions can be challenging, but that didn't stop researchers from exploring the last decade of activity in cardiology. "It will be critical to monitor the effects on procedural utilization, quality and outcomes for patients with CVD,” the group wrote. 

The way a cardiology department's management is organized can have a direct impact on physician satisfaction and patient care. "Without good governance and leadership, nothing else matters," one expert said. 

Those who have been thinking healthcare could use a detailed framework on the responsible use of healthcare AI just got their wish.

A full 85% of 2,800 surveyed across 14 countries say they’re investing in the technology now or planning to do so within three years.

AI won’t fulfill its promise to transform American medicine if it isn’t appropriately integrated, step by step, across U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Associates of America, backed by Webster Equity Partners, currently includes practices in eight different states. Its partner cardiologists now have preferred access to multiple cloud-based services provided by Athenahealth.