Behind-the-scenes contributions from nursing are helping make TAVR a success story. Recognition of their value also is raising nursing’s profile in the cardiovascular community.
Will new rules proposed for donor heart allocation provide a lifeline for the sickest patients or add complexity and cost to a system that struggles to achieve fairness and efficiency?
Cardiovascular information technology analytics offer opportunities to improve care, reduce costs and deliver better healthcare experiences for patients.
Medicare’s decision to get “deadly serious” about interoperability is an invitation for cardiologists to work with their medical societies, vendors and office staff.
CIEDs with remote monitoring capabilities can provide a wealth of information, yet some physicians and hospitals aren’t making the most of this resource.
The explosion of cardiovascular data registries, and their vast research output, has become the major proof point for field’s commitment to continuous quality improvement.