Tech-driven Heart Care Key to Cardiology Desert Crisis
The good news is that virtual solutions are becoming more sophisticated every day to eliminate these care deserts. These promising strategies are helping.
Tenet ordered to pay $10M+ to fired physicians, restore medical privileges
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.
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Cardiology association in search of “innovative startups” partners with 1776 incubator
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 […]
Blaming the patient . . . and the philospophy of caring for atrial fibrillation
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 building a Blue Button+ for the rest of us
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 […]
Notes from ACC Day 3: Catheter ablation, managing ICDs, and NNTs
My THO assignment for the final day was to find something useful to say about catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
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The layout of your phlebotomy station can significantly impact efficiency. A well-thought-out setup ensures that every tool is within reach, minimizing unnecessary movement and reducing patient wait times.
FDA’s new x-ray mandate for Riata patients doesn’t ignores complexities of reality
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 […]
How one doctor’s imaginary friend tackles overprescribing, disease creep
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 […]
New azithromycin study is no way to judge antibiotic’s heart risk
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 […]
Heart patients and doctors need data and registries, not temper tantrums
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 […]
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Are cardiologists more powerful when employed by a hospital?
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 […]