July 28, 2010 – This week St. Jude Medical filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Volcano Corp. over its fractional flow reserve (FFR) wires. The suit was filed in federal district court in Delaware. Volcano said the claims against it are entirely without merit.

July 27, 2010 – Results of the largest U.S. outpatient heart failure clinical study show that implementation of a process improvement program significantly improved adherence to evidence-based, guideline-recommended cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and drug therapy.

July 26, 2010 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it is soliciting proposals for participation in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration (MID).

July 23, 2010 - At the same time that medical science has nearly eliminated AIDS deaths in patients treated for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), two international meetings of HIV/AIDS scientists and patient advocates find major shortcomings in the design and analysis of studies used to assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in people with HIV with significant implications for improving medica

July 22, 2010 – Changes included in the final rules governing the meaningful use objectives for Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs for electronic health records (EHRs) will improve the odds that more providers can qualify for government stimulus funding.