Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remains an underdiagnosed problem in the medical community. Interventional cardiologists are in a unique position to diagnose, treat, and spread awareness about this disease. As practitioners continue to expand their services to include vascular and endovascular components, it is critical to recognize the key components for building a successful and reputable PAD program: Expertise, Commitment, Collaboration, and Quality. After you become comfortable performing and managing more complex PAD lesions, you could begin to incorporate critical limb ischemia (CLI) into your program.

CMIOs and other health IT leaders are invited to help CMIO compile a comprehensive view of the trends in the industry and the factors that are most important when determining salary and compensation by taking its annual 2012 CMIO Compensation Survey.

Computer manufacturer Dell, headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, is planning to provide cloud computing technology, professional support and millions of dollars in funding to the Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translation Research Consortium and the Translational Genomics Research Institute in support of pediatric cancer research.

Balloon-expandable stents are meant to help reduce the rates of restenosis by preventing elastic recoiling post-PCI; however, a study published in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of Interventional Cardiology found that these types of stents may be poorly designed and actually could lead to adverse clinical outcomes.

Purdue University scientists have come up with a new method for researching with DNA, potentially opening a new pathway to understanding diabetes and other diseases.

The New Jersey Health IT Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) has reached a significant milestone with 5,000 primary care providers committing to transitioning to EHRs.

The FDA has approved a new spinal implant produced by Miamisburg, Ohio-based manufacturer X-spine. 

The Obama Administration announced Nov. 14 that $1 billion of healthcare reform funds will go toward innovation programs aimed at creating new jobs, improving patient care and reducing healthcare costs. Three days later, Rick Gilfillan, MD, acting director of the 14-month-old Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Innovation Center, provided details on how healthcare IT professionals can claim a piece of the pie for their respective institutions.