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CMO
4 Ways CMOs Can Limit Unwarranted Clinical Variation
Lifepoint Health?s CMO shares key insights into reducing unwarranted clinical variation through a clinician-centered, analytics-driven approach.
Innovation
New Research Uses AI to Guide Radiation Treatment Protocols
Researchers at Brigham and Women?s Hospital used AI to help understand when radiation treatments can cause dangerous heart arrhythmias.
HLM Mastermind
The FDA Calls Them 'Recalls,' Yet the Targeted Medical Devices Often Remain in Use
From 2019 through 2023, there were 338 Class I medical device recalls, 164 of which were corrections and 174 of...
CMO
The Exec: New CMO Says Connecting With Frontline Staff Is Crucial
For a CMO, listening to staff is imperative to promote patient safety and care quality.
HLM Mastermind
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
This week's alert is the second Class 1 recall of a HeartMate device this year.
CMO
Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?
The manufacturer denied liability in two patient deaths.
Pharma
Novo Nordisk, Valo Health $2.7B Deal Taps AI to Develop New Treatments for Cardiometabolic Diseases
The collaboration could expand to 'the entire drug discovery continuum', the two companies say.
Technology
New Partnership Pushes Cardiac Care Management Out of the ER and Into the Home
A digital health collaboration aims to give health systems and health plans access to both virtual visits and on-demand house...
CMO
Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government. How Is He Still Practicing?
Medical boards, a health department and even federal investigators have scrutinized Dr. James McGuckin's vascular clinics. Today he still practices,...
CMO
Misdiagnosis Tied to Serious Harm of 795K Americans Annually, Study Finds
About 371,000 Americans die annually after a false negative diagnosis for a serious illness, according to researchers.
Technology
UPMC: AI Beats Gold Standard for Diagnosing Heart Attacks
Researchers in Pittsburgh found that an AI tool outperformed the three most common practices for analyzing ECGs of patients being...