All 40 of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare’s emergency medical service vehicles are equipped with a tool so valued by paramedics, they did not want the devices removed for a necessary system update. “Our equipment manager tried to pull the ultrasounds off…
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Researchers from New York City-based Mount Sinai have developed an AI algorithm to help physicians identify patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by assigning a numeric probability risk assessment. The algorithm has received FDA approval for the detection of HCM on an…
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health will open the Cone Health Steven D. Bell Family Heart & Vascular Center on April 28. The $100 million facility will consolidate the system’s cardiovascular care services into one location and serve about 120,000 patients each…
After making a $2.5 million investment in Cleveland-based University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute at the UH Portage Medical Center, which included establishing a catheterization lab and implementing preventive screening programs in 2016, the surrounding region saw a significant…
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians in Oregon earn the highest hourly mean wage after adjusting for the state’s cost of living index, according to data published April 2 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national annual mean wage for cardiovascular…
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Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health has opened a new heart failure clinic at the Baptist Health La Grange (Ky.) Ambulatory Care Center. The clinic, which began seeing patients this month, provides comprehensive heart failure care and access to an in-office pharmacy,…
The total costs to care for adult patients with heart failure will increase to $142 billion annually by 2050, according to a scientific statement published April 16 by the American Heart Association in Circulation. The new statement highlights the need…
One in four patients who present with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels have no documented use of statin therapy, according to a study published April 16 in Epic Research. Here are four notes on the study: Read the full study…
Manhasset, N.Y.-based North Shore University Hospital had the highest 30-day survival rate for coronary artery bypass graft patients among all U.S. hospitals participating in CMS’ Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, according to data published Feb. 19. The Hospital…
Among vendors offering health IT solutions within cardiology, Epic had the highest quality of phone and web support, and the highest rate of keeping promises, according to the “Cardiology 2025” report from KLAS Research published Feb. 12. Researchers analyzed customer…