Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Heart & Vascular Institute has launched a congestive heart failure clinic to improve patient outcomes after discharge and reduce hospital readmissions. The clinic will operate out of Bayhealth Cardiology facilities in Dover and Milford, Del., according to…
Author: Elizabeth Gregerson
An Aurora-based Children’s Hospital Colorado team has performed the hospital’s and region’s first heart and liver dual-organ transplant. Only 38 pediatric heart and liver dual-organ transplants have been performed in the U.S., according to a Dec. 15 news release from…
Between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2024, Utah had the most hospitals with 30-day heart attack readmission rates better than the national rate of 13.6%, according to CMS data published Nov. 26. CMS reports hospital-, state- and national-level data…
Cardiology is exploding in the outpatient setting as technology advances physicians’ ability to perform cardiovascular procedures outside of the hospital and CMS expands its coverage of these procedures in the ASC setting. Charleen Tackett, administrator of Houston-based Vital Heart &…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute has more than 2,000 employees across 11 hospitals, 12 ambulatory health centers and multiple joint ventures. As president, Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, PhD, was tasked with standardizing vascular care across the institute through…
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Stanford (Calif.) Medicine researchers have identified the immune cell process behind a rare COVID-19 vaccine reaction, myocarditis. A two-step immune cell sequence after vaccination triggers “inflammatory activity,” which results in direct injury to heart muscles, according to a study published…
Miami-based Jackson Health Heart Institute has opened a multi-specialty physician practice in North Miami. The facility offers general and interventional cardiology services, electrophysiology and congestive heart failure management, according to a Dec. 2 news release from the health system. The…
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine and Tufts University have appointed Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD, as inaugural director of the Tufts University-Tufts Medicine Research Enterprise. Dr. Jaffe is the Elisa Kent Mendelsohn Professor of Molecular Cardiology at Tufts University School of Medicine…
The World Health Organization on Dec. 1 issued a guideline recommending the use of GLP-1s for the treatment of obesity in adults. The WHO guideline recommends long-term use of at least six months alongside intensive behavioral therapy. Recognizing individuals with…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has tapped Christine Albert, MD, as the inaugural chief of the division of cardiology within the system’s Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Albert currently serves as chair of the cardiology department at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s…