July 14, 2009 – The Electronic Health Records Association (EHR Association) made specific recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) on measurable criteria for achieving "meaningful use" of EHRs, as called for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

July 14, 2009 – Despite the fact that drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation reduces restenosis and the need for target vessel revascularization (TVR), these stents appear to be associated with unfavorable long-term outcomes in patients with moderate or severe renal insufficiency (RI), according to a study in this week’s issue of the International Journal of Cardiology, Volume 136, Issue 1, pag

July 13, 2009 – Boston Scientific today announced CE mark for its LATITUDE Patient Management system, used to remotely monitor patients with implantable cardiac devices.

July 10, 2009 – New information added this week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Hospital Compare Web site shows patients frequently return to a hospital after discharge, a possible indicator of how well the facility did the first time around.

July 10, 2009 – New British Heart Foundation (BHF) research(1) revealed today suggests for the first time that the way blood flows through our arteries may boost an antioxidant effect of statin medicines.

July 9, 2009 – The 30-day mortality and readmission rates for acute care of heart attack and heart failure patients vary significantly from hospital to hospital across the nation, according to a new study published in a current issue of Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association.