What factors are driving increased adoption of healthcare information technology, otherwise known as HIT? Clinical IT and technology in general are getting a lot of focus from the government, from the industry, from clinicians — and the drive to make healthcare safer is what's driving overall growth of clinical IT and technology adoption.
One of the highest priorities for physicians who diagnose and treat heart failure conditions is to keep their patients ...
It struck me the other day that while thousands of healthcare information technology (HIT) executives flock to San Diego ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
It’s not uncommon for a cardiologist at University Community Hospital (UCH) in Tampa to walk about two miles to get his ...
Minimally-invasive surgery has proven to be safer, requires a shorter hospital stay and is cosmetically preferred over ...
Coronary bypass surgery, a difficult and painful way to repair major damage caused by coronary artery disease, may be on its way out — and it’s a long time coming for researchers like Douglas Losordo, M.D. After all, he’s spent the past 10 years looking into the possibilities of adult stem cell therapy as a viable alternative to the procedure.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been around for nearly 20 years, they gained notoriety in 2001 when Vice President Dick Cheney became a high-profile patient who underwent the implantation procedure.
Although healthcare budgets are tight, needs are expanding. Clinical facilities are continuously looking for ways to ...
A trend is emerging in cardiovascular image and information systems designed for the cath lab and was apparent on the ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
The drug-eluting stent (DES) market is a multibillion dollar business in the U.S. — and it's estimated that over three ...
In the microscopic world of arterial plaque, the only positive thing about positive remodeling is that physicians can ...
Magnetic navigation technology to direct and digitally control catheter and guidewire devices along complex paths within ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
It's almost like taking a stab in the dark, but ablating one or more arrythmias within the human heart is a moment when ...
Technological advancements over the years have forced most OR methods used in 1964 into dusty, old history books and ...
Blood pressure measurement is a given for patients in the hospital, but for surgical or critically ill patients — in ...