Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: About the Survey

The Cardiovascular Business team embarked on this survey to gain a deeper understanding of the current state of cardiovascular health, the role CVIS plays and the goals cardiovascular leaders have established for the next few years. We polled readers of Cardiovascular Business magazine, CardiovascularBusiness.com and sister brand HealthExec.com over three months in the summer of 2019. All data is presented in aggregate, with individual responses remaining anonymous.

Some respondents shared deeper demographics that help us better get to know our survey base. Those 353 healthcare leaders work for 305 unique health systems, hospitals, physician groups, across 46 states and six Canadian provinces. They are large, small and mid-sized. Respondents came from all levels of leadership. Here are some of the titles of people who chimed in: CEO, CFO, CMO, CIO, chief of cardiology, chief population health officer, chief innovation officer, director of CV Lab, director of CV service line, director of heart and vascular institute, director of CV informatics, enterprise director of imaging, director of IT, system director for imaging and cardiology, head of data science and analytics and nurse managers in charge of STEMI, cath lab, structural heart and cardiac ICU. 

Philips Healthcare is the sponsor of this survey but did not have a role in the data collection, tabulation or collation, thus maintaining the anonymity and integrity as promised to the survey base. 


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Contents
Survey at a Glance
Priorities of the Cardiovascular Service Line
Defining State-of-the-Art CVIS
Key Findings
What Healthcare Leaders Think
Demographics

The 16-page report on the 2020 Cardiovascular Business Leadership Survey offers a snapshot of what health system and cardiovascular leaders think about priorities, challenges and trends. Some of it validates, while some enlightens. It all helps guide leadership on a data-rich and insightful journey into the future.

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Mary Tierney
Mary C. Tierney, MS, Vice President & Chief Content Officer, TriMed Media Group

Mary joined TriMed Media in 2003. She was the founding editor and editorial director of Health Imaging, Cardiovascular Business, Molecular Imaging Insight and CMIO, now known as Clinical Innovation + Technology. Prior to TriMed, Mary was the editorial director of HealthTech Publishing Company, where she had worked since 1991. While there, she oversaw four magazines and related online media, and piloted the launch of two magazines and websites. Mary holds a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University. She lives in East Greenwich, R.I., and when not working, she is usually running around after her family, taking photos or cooking.

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