About 95% of medical call centers nationwide use the Schmidt-Thompson protocols, but in 2024, WellSpan Health leaders opted to create their own protocols for heart failure patients. “We recognized that protocols like the Schmidt-Thompson were designed around safety,” James Harvey,…
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Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Fairfax Hospital is the first in the world to use GE Healthcare’s SIGNA Spring Elite, an MRI system for advanced cardiac, oncologic and pediatric imaging. The new technology has been integrated with Inova Schar Heart and…
West Palm Beach-based Cleveland Clinic Florida established the Eric and Lois Zorn Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine thanks to a $3 million gift. Jerry Estep, MD, division chair of Cardiovascular Medicine for Cleveland Clinic Florida, will be the inaugural endowed…
A Los Angeles-based UCLA Health team has performed a rare robotic procedure on a patient’s heart and lungs. The 77-year old lung cancer patient was scheduled to undergo a robotic lobectomy when physicians uncovered the underlying heart issues, according to…
The American Heart Association projects 6 in 10 adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050 — and the rates of heart valve disease are expected to triple by 2060. The organization said heart valve disease as a key focus to…
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There is a trend taking hold in advanced cardiac services: decentralized care. Systems across the nation are improving access to advanced cardiovascular care by bringing procedures, surgeries and screenings to regional and community hospitals. Traditionally, these cardiovascular services were provided…
Los Angeles-based UCLA Health has established a cardiovascular discovery and translational research chair through a $2 million donation. The gift came from the Jivrajka Family Foundation to support cardiovascular disease prevention in South Asians and other high-risk populations, according to…
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has launched a cardiovascular screening program in partnership with Bunkerhill Health. The program applies Bunkerhill Health’s AI platform to clinical data from patients’ routine chest CT scans previously performed for other medical reasons, according…
Winfield, Ill.-based Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital might be a community hospital, but it has one of the nation’s top heart programs. It ranks among prestigious systems such as Cleveland Clinic for lowest 30-day mortality and…
Of the 34 physicians Nauman Mushtaq, MD, has hired in the last decade, only two have left the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Yet he’s recruited from University of Chicago, Brigham and Women’s, Johns Hopkins and…