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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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Instacart, DispatchHealth launch joint effort to mitigate food insecurity

A grocery-delivery giant is partnering with a commercial provider of medical house calls to bring healthy meals to patients in their homes.

January 25, 2024
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TikTok march: Nurses back menaced colleague, raise awareness of patient violence

Support for a nurse who was threatened online may be growing after fellow nurses spotlighted the incident on TikTok. They’re also leveraging the situation to call for greater protection against potentially violent patients.

January 25, 2024
Gold Medal award winner. KLAS Research released its 2024 list of the best radiology vendors on Wednesday, with Sweden-based vendor Sectra again leading the picture archiving and communication system category. Others topping the list in imaging include Agfa, Fujifilm, Nuance and 3M.

Healthgrades unveils America's Best Hospitals 2024

The online provider search platform focuses their annual list on patient outcomes at approximately 4,500 hospitals across the U.S.

January 24, 2024
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Healthcare leaders feeling their way into, through AI adoption

More than 90% of newly surveyed healthcare leaders expect AI adoption will help make or break their institution’s prospects for long-term growth and success. 

January 23, 2024
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Physician plaintiff: ‘I shouldn’t have to risk losing my license—or getting jail time’ over telehealth visits

When policymakers eased rules and restrictions governing telemedicine in 2020, many patients and their doctors saw the change as one shiny silver lining in the very dark cloud that was the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately for them, that period has passed. 

January 23, 2024
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Why is VA medicine more efficient than civilian healthcare? Because ‘caring—not money—is our mission’

If private hospitals and clinics mimicked the staffing strategies of the Veterans Health Administration, the former would employ almost a million fewer nonclinical workers.

January 22, 2024
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No place like home: Acute care delivered at home safe, effective

The findings, from a team at Mass General Brigham, provide compelling evidence before the expiration of AHCaH waiver in December.

January 22, 2024
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Philanthropic foundation to spend $250M training tomorrow’s healthcare workers across 10 cities

A new model of healthcare workforce training emphasizes recruitment and training of teenagers starting in 10th grade.

January 18, 2024

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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