Two cardiologists claimed they were fired from Tenet's Detroit Medical Center for raising concerns about patient care, though the medical center says they were let go for behaving unprofessionally. Following an arbitration process, a federal court in Michigan has ruled that Tenet must pay the physicians $10.6 million and reinstate their medical privileges.
The 1776 incubator, which is interested in helping startups break down geographic barriers and collaborating with other incubators and accelerators has announced a partnership with a major physician association — the American College of Cardiology, according to a company statement. The cardiology association will play a role not only in the incubator’s Challenge Cup, but […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
More than a few commenters recently noted something disturbing in my writing. They said my words are increasingly taking a blame-the-patient tone. That bothers me. Of all people, I know about making imperfect health choices. These comments got me thinking about striking the right balance in writing about health, say, between apathy and defeatism, (oh […]
NoMoreClipboard is combining its personal health record and provider data from health information exchanges to build a Blue Button for consumers. They are also helping health information exchanges stay in business in the process. Over the last two years, NMC has used grant money from the Office of the National Coordinator to build a bridge […]
My THO assignment for the final day was to find something useful to say about catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
If you have not already heard, there was more news (see theHeart.org) on the troubled St. Jude Medical Riata family of ICD leads. The high voltage leads were recalled in December of 2011 and estimates are that 79,000 remain implanted. Perhaps more problematic for the company is the structural similarity of its current ICD lead […]
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
I’m going to tell you a secret about my office practice. (Yes, procedural-based doctors spend long hard days toiling in the office.) On office days, I often play a little game with my imaginary friend. He challenges me to leave the prescription pad in the drawer for the entire day. The idea being that patients […]
The paper from the New England Journal of Medicine that reports azithromycin might cause cardiovascular death is not new to electrophysiologists tasked with deciding antibiotic choices in patients with Long QT syndrome or in those who take other antiarrhythmic drugs. Heck, even the useful Arizona CERT QTDrugs.org website could have told us that. What was far scarier […]
The St. Jude-MDT smackdown on the Riata lead performance continues. (For some background, here’s my original post). After seeking a retraction of Robert Hauser, MD’s paper that identified 22 deaths from the Riata lead in the Heart Rhythm Journal, St. Jude’s attempt to secure the retraction of the peer-reviewed paper that was released electronically […]
I once told a physician friend that he and all doctors would eventually have to give up private practices and be employed by a hospital. “No,” he told me. “I will die with my boots on.” But do the dreaded hospital acquisitions of private practices actually empower doctors — and in particular, cardiologists? The Philadelphia […]
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.