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Cardiology groups share key update: ABMS seeking feedback on proposed Board of Cardiovascular Medicine

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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FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks

Fresenius Medical Care is issuing a recall on 2,192,535 catheter extensions and adapters used in patients with acute and chronic kidney disease.

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Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions and Society of Thoracic Surgeons have both shared statements in support of the ban, which is already being challenged in court. The American Hospital Association, meanwhile, opposes the policy shift, saying it “errs by seeking to create a one-size-fits-all rule”

Healthcare M&A, mergers and acquisitions business deal.
Boston Scientific to acquire Apollo Endosurgery for $615M

Under terms of the deal, Boston Scientific will pay $10 per share to acquire Apollo Endosurgery, well above the company’s previous day’s close of $6 per share.

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Majority of Americans report negative healthcare experiences

 Only 40% of Americans rate the quality of U.S. healthcare as “good” or “very good.”

WHO renames monkeypox disease

Human monkeypox disease was given its name in 1970, before WHO established best practices for naming diseases in 2015.

Money dollar investments
FDA approves world’s most expensive drug, a hemophilia B treatment expected to cost $3.5M

The single-dose gene therapy can help patients reduce their risk of bleeding events and discontinue factor IX prophylaxis therapy.

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Overheard around the Kaiser nurses’ protest over AI in healthcare

Healthcare leaders around the U.S. might want to take notice of what’s going on in the streets of San Francisco this week.

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In the House, a new bipartisan push to get arms around AI

The move will bring together 24 representatives—12 from each party—who will work to stimulate American AI innovation while mitigating AI-related threats.  

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Google’s chief clinical officer: Healthcare AI ‘should happen with clinicians, not to them’

Generative AI of the “large language” kind has been an attention hog over the past 10 or 11 months. The buzz has been so loud and constant that it’s all but asking to be dismissed as hype.

Clinical

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Cardiology groups share key update: ABMS seeking feedback on proposed Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses
Q&A: Cleveland Clinic’s Lars Svensson previews AATS annual meeting
Bird flu in cows: Interesting anomaly or troubling harbinger of things to come?
Boston Scientific recalls premixed embolic agent after two deaths
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Health IT

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Hackers were inside Change Healthcare’s systems 9 days before attack
House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation
Atrium Health sued for violating patient privacy, sharing data with Facebook and Google
Massive data trove from Change Healthcare hack now for sale on dark web
Change Healthcare faces second ransom as cybercriminals leak stolen data
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Healthcare Management

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Cardiology groups share key update: ABMS seeking feedback on proposed Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks
Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses
Against malpractice for using clinical AI, the best defense is a good offense
Which healthcare entities will be affected by ban on noncompetes? Look to business practices, not tax status
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Patient Care

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FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks
FDA announces recall of more than 2 million catheter parts, citing serious health risks
Against malpractice for using clinical AI, the best defense is a good offense
Joint replacements recalled after FDA safety warning
Mental health platform fined $7M by FTC for sharing data with advertisers
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Professional Associations

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Cardiology groups share key update: ABMS seeking feedback on proposed Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses
Why the business side of cardiology was a key focus at ACC.24
Nurses gather at Kaiser hospital to protest rapid adoption of AI
The growing shortage or general cardiologists and recruiting crisis in rural America
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