January/February 2020

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Multidisciplinary teams are leveraging advanced technologies to explore the link between cardiovascular disease and dementia with an eye toward improving the diagnosis and treatment of both. 

Incident coronary heart disease might be an early indicator of accelerated cognitive decline, according to work published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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After a slow start, cardiac ERAS is gaining traction in some U.S. hospitals. Proponents explain how to overcome resistance. 

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Despite its diagnostic and prognostic value, speckle-tracking strain echocardiography is underused, some cardiac imagers say. What will it take for adoption to pick up?

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Tread carefully, analysts warn. In the era of value-based healthcare, it may take more than shopworn business strategies to close the budget gap.

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Despite a steady stream of hype and "pockets" of change, most cardiologists aren’t seeing the transformation that Silicon Valley promised. ACC CIO John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, explains what's missing and why engaging clinical partners could help.

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Here’s how top-performing cardiology programs set a tone that supports leadership and creates a culture aimed at success.

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In this first magazine of the 2020s, CVB invites the cardiology community to consider new mindsets for a number of areas, from treating dementias to tackling authorizations, documentation and collections. 

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In the debut of CVB's 2020 Vision series, healthcare administrators talk about the challenges they are facing as new financial realities descend on their patients and practices. It’s out with the old ways of tackling revenue cycle management. It’s time, they say, to adopt a mindset that safeguards patients' financial well-being while also furthering the organization's mission and protecting its margin. 

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As costs continue to rise, healthcare organizations must become more efficient with collecting, says Anthony Cunningham, MBA, vice president of Patient Financial Services at Wake Forest Baptist Health. One approach, he explains, is deploying staff away from repetitive tasks and “toward high-value-add work.” That’s where artificial intelligence comes in.

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