August 1, 2014 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule today finalizing Oct. 1, 2015, as the new compliance date for healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10. This deadline allows those in the healthcare industry time to ramp up their operations to ensure their systems and business processes are ready to go on Oct. 1, 2015.

August 1, 2014 — MedXT, a cloud platform provider for medical imaging, launched a cost-effective cloud-based, mobile solution cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This study looked at ECG factors that lead to misinterpretation of STEMI heart attack diagnosis in a community hospital and EMS system, leading to inappropriate cardiac catheterizations.
Figure 1: Study participant flow chart. This study looked at ECG factors that lead to misinterpretation of STEMI heart attack diagnosis in a community hospital and EMS system, leading to inappropriate cardiac catheterizations.
STEMI study ECG territory leads. This study looked at ECG factors that lead to misinterpretation of STEMI heart attack diagnosis in a community hospital and EMS system, leading to inappropriate cardiac catheterizations.
STEMI study stats overview. This study looked at ECG factors that lead to misinterpretation of STEMI heart attack diagnosis in a community hospital and EMS system, leading to inappropriate cardiac catheterizations.
STEMI study stats ECG information. This study looked at ECG factors that lead to misinterpretation of STEMI heart attack diagnosis in a community hospital and EMS system, leading to inappropriate cardiac catheterizations.

In a community hospital and emergency medical services (EMS) system, the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is the primary and initial objective diagnostic tool used by emergency medical technicians (EMT) and emergency department (ED) physicians in diagnosing an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and activating the cardiac catheterization laboratory (cath lab) for emergent coronary angiography and primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

July 31, 2014 — Radiation therapy may offer a promising new noninvasive alternative treatment for the millions of Americans whose high blood pressure doesn’t respond to medication, suggests preliminary research presented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Austin, Texas.

As attention increases on the effects of radiation exposure among interventional cardiologists[1], Corindus Vascular Robotics announced the recent installations of its CorPath System at five facilities: UH Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Va.; Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami; the second system in Michigan; and first system in North Carolina.

Cardio Ox investigation Astronaut Oxidative Stress Cardiovascular Health
Cardio Ox investigation Astronaut Oxidative Stress Cardiovascular Health

The heart of an astronaut is a much-studied thing. Scientists have analyzed its blood flow, rhythms, atrophy and, through journal studies, even matters of the heart. 

July 30, 2014 — New research from Penn Medicine shows that incisionless transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery cuts lengths of hospital stay by 30 percent and has no impact on post-operative vascular complication rates when compared with conventional transfemoral TAVR, which requires an incision in the groin. The complete study is available in the current issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.
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