Becker's Cardiology

The American Heart Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine released a framework that redefines heart health for girls and women — the first coordinated guidance from multiple societies on…

Median pay for cardiologists 35 and younger fell about 19% in 2025, even as overall cardiology compensation reached a record high, according to an October MedAxiom’s 2026 Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey. Early-career cardiologists earned a median $476,850 in…

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Heart Failure Transitional Care Services for Adults Clinic is keeping heart failure patients out of the hospital. The clinic uses a transitional care model to see referred patients in the hospital, clinic and at…

Clinicians should prescribe exercise as a “foundational component of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment,” according to a new American College of Cardiology scientific statement published Oct. 15 in JACC.  “The most important message is that some activity is better than…

The American College of Cardiology gave 57 hospitals four stars, the highest rating, on the CathPCI Registry’s Quality of Care Composite for percutaneous coronary intervention care, according to ACC public reporting data accessed Oct. 23. ACC gives each hospital a…

New Orleans-based LCMC Health will launch a no-cost genetic screening initiative to help 100,000 adults identify inherited risks for certain cancers and heart disease. The Uniquely You program, in collaboration with genomics company Helix, will allow participants to provide DNA…

Only four dedicated heart hospitals had a Clostridioides difficile infection rate of zero, based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. Measures are developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network. The measures show how often…

Health systems and cardiology groups are accelerating investment in outpatient cardiovascular infrastructure over the past month.  Seven organizations, from academic medical centers to independent physician groups, opened facilities, launched affiliate networks or committed major capital to cardiology expansion, reflecting the…

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has opened an approximately 80,000-square-foot outpatient center on the campus of Huntley, Ill.-based Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital, expanding cancer, heart and specialty care services. The facility expands existing oncology and infusion, cardiovascular, general surgery and urology services…

The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu performed Hawaii’s first left ventricular assist device implantation, Hawaii News Now reported Oct. 20. The 34-year-old patient was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. Patients in Hawaii typically must fly to the mainland for the…