Los Angeles-based Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai is going all in on artificial intelligence to improve heart care, patient experience and provider wellbeing. Here are just five ways the facility is harnessing AI to get results: 1. In outpatient care,…
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As healthcare systems across the nation navigate a period marked by economic strain, policy shifts, and digital disruption, leaders are stepping up with a shared focus: adaptability and resilience. David Miller, MD, is the incoming CEO of Michigan Medicine and…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is reducing its budget by $250 million amid uncertainty surrounding federal funding levels. “In response to recent [federal] administrative orders impacting financial resources for medical research, it is necessary for VUMC to strategically reduce research operating…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has tapped Greg Bodager, BSN, as associate regional vice president of oncology for the Sarah Cannon Cancer Network’s TriStar Division, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. He previously served as market director of the…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has named David Ryan, MD, as the inaugural president of the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute. He has been with the health system for more than two decades, serving as physician-in-chief for the Mass General…
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There is something special going on inside NYU Langone’s thoracic surgery service line. Not only does the thoracic surgery team perform more surgeries than the national average, it reports no 30- and 90-day mortalities. The team also sends patients home…
Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health will name the catheterization labs and boardroom of the future RM Schulze Family Heart and Stroke Critical Care Center after a recent $10 million gift from Jay and Patty Baker. The new center, on which the…
As of May 2024, the mean annual wage for cardiologists in the U.S. was $432,490, according to data published April 2 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cardiologists in West Virginia earned the lowest mean annual wage of $276,750 while…
A team at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center performed its first pediatric heart transplant March 28. It was also the first pediatric heart transplant to be performed on Long Island, according to an April 1…
Among all U.S. hospitals, only 29 had better heart failure mortality rates and lower payments for heart failure care compared to national averages between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released Feb. 19. CMS reports…