June 1, 2017 — Here is the list of the most popular pieces of content on the Diagnostic and Interventional...
Cardiovascular Business
The cardiovascular business channel offers news and new technologies to aid the business management of the cardiovascular service line.
The most popular technology in May was the first data released on Biosense Webster's multi-electrode RF ablation balloon with irrigation. The system allows operators to change the energy levels of each electrode to avoid damaging sensitive underlying critical structures like the esophagus or phrenic nerve.
Feature | June 01, 2017 | Dave Fornell
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017 – The results from the first real-world, matched head-to-head study comparing all-cause healthcare...
News | Interventional Radiology | May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017 — Fourteen members of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) took to Capitol Hill recently to...
Feature | May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017 — Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) won the 2017 Azbee National Bronze Award and the...
Memorial Hospital has increased efficiency using a single cardiovascular information management database.
Case Study | Cardiac PACS | May 23, 2017
Located along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, Memorial Hospital at Gulfport is a nonprofit, 445-bed facility originally...
News | Cardiovascular Business | May 05, 2017
May 5, 2017 — Northwell Health recently announced that Cindy Grines, M.D., one of the nation’s pre-eminent...
News | Cardiovascular Business | May 04, 2017 | Jeff Zagoudis
May 4, 2017 — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved the American Health Care Act, the...
Videos | Cardiovascular Business | May 03, 2017
Kim A. Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of cardiology at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago and former president of...
No. 4 on this month's list is an article about what will be required as of Jan. 1, 2018 to be reimbursed by CMS for cardiac CT, MRI or nuclear imaging. Medicare will require documentation that appropriate use criteria (AUC) clinical decision support (CDS) was used to verify the more expensive tests are appropriate over less expensive testing options.
Feature | May 02, 2017 | Dave Fornell
May 2, 2017 — Here is the list of the top 20 most popular pieces of content on the Diagnostic and Interventional...
RFID tagged cath lab inventory being scanned in for use in a procedure at Nebraska Medicine's Bellevue Hospital. Automated systems like this can help eliminate or reduce the need for manual counts and enable more easily accessible analytics for better business management.
Feature | Inventory Management | April 28, 2017 | Dave Fornell
Tracking cardiovascular device inventory in cath labs, electrophysiology (EP) labs and operating rooms (ORs) can be...
Physicians will need to use a CMS-certified appropriate use criteria (AUC) clinical decision support software that documents the appropriateness of an imaging order to receive full reimbursement for Medicare patients starting Jan. 1, 2018.
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | April 18, 2017 | Dave Fornell
As part of U.S. healthcare reform efforts, starting Jan. 1, 2018, physicians will be required to document they are...
Sponsored Content | Videos | Analytics Software | April 13, 2017
The shift to value-based payment models requires focused attention on quality and cost. Lumedx’s Cardiovascular...
News | Cardiovascular Business | March 24, 2017 | Jeff Zagoudis
March 24, 2017 — Facing the reality of not having enough votes to secure its passage, House leadership withdrew the...
