The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS program recognized 51 hospital-affiliated emergency medical services for excellence in prehospital heart care. The Lifeline recognition focuses on quality of care and outcomes for prehospital stroke, heart attack and cardiac arrest patients. These…
Cardiology
Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System is expanding MRI access for patients with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators across North Alabama, according to a May 13 report from WAAY 31. Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens, Ala., is the latest facility in the system…
In the last several years, hospitals and heart centers are turning to advanced practice providers to improve patient access and ease physician workloads. “In a time when patient access to cardiology care is limited by the number of cardiologists, APPs…
Nebraska has the highest hourly rate for cardiologists, according to data published May 15 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are the mean hourly for cardiologists in 36 states, according to May 2025 salary data from BLS. Becker’s also…
The average total compensation for cardiologists rose $55,000 between 2024 to 2025, yet 61% of cardiologists said they believe they are underpaid, according to a Medscape report. The “Cardiologist Compensation Report: Evaluating Your Salary 2026,” published May 15, surveyed 5,916…
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More systems are leaning on decentralized cardiac care to meet the needs of their patients, but building an academic-level heart program inside a community hospital comes with many challenges. Foremost, when is a hospital ready to offer advanced cardiac care?…
Heart failure is an expanding focus for many health systems, and Jeffrey Farber, MD, president and CEO of The New Jewish Home, has a few ways that hospitals and cardiologists can better care for their older patients. The New York…
Hospitals and health systems across the nation are adding new cardiovascular services and procedures, and renovating cardiology spaces to meet patient needs. Here are some of the most recent happenings:
Only 14 of the top 25 heart hospitals were assigned a five-star rating by CMS. Becker’s used U.S. News & World Report’s’ top 50 heart hospitals to find the top hospitals in the nation and searched CMSs database to find…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health will receive a $2 million gift to support the Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute and Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute. The gift has been committed by the William, Jeff & Jennifer Gross Family Foundation,…