West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has named Peter George, MD, as chief medical officer for cardiovascular services. In the role, Dr. George will provide clinical leadership, as well as guide the organization’s strategy for heart and vascular care across…
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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…
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health’s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program has been accredited by the Adult Congenital Heart Association, becoming the only program in Louisiana to earn the designation. The ACHA accreditation recognizes programs that meet specific standards for medical services and personnel…
The Cardiac Surgical Institute of Northwest Florida has opened a freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Panama City, Fla., and performed its first procedures Dec. 15, according to a Dec. 16 report from NBC affiliate WJHG. The new center offers services including…
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 &…
Sioux Falls, N.D.-based Sanford Health has received a grant through a joint initiative between Pfizer and the American College of Cardiology to improve early detection and accurate diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis. Sanford was one of three recipients of the grant, which it…
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…
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…