Nearly 600 hospitals were considered for this updated ranking. 

It’s been a long, hard battle for cardiologists, one full of change and uncertainty. But the situation is far from over.

The researchers tracked infection rates at Boston’s Mass General Brigham health system, which announced a plan to require all 78,000 employees to wear a surgical mask in March.

In February and March 2020, the inevitable happened: COVID-19 came to the United States, hitting the country’s healthcare system like a 10-pound sledgehammer. 

The United States is expected to experience a colossal physician shortage in the years ahead, and new research suggests it will be felt in a wide variety of specialties, including cardiology. 

Cardiologists participating in MIPS in 2020 didn’t exactly plan on providing care during a global pandemic.

Researchers tracked data related to more than 178 million U.S. residents. Their findings could help with the development of public policies going forward.

Researchers explored everything from waitlist additions to deceased donor recoveries, sharing their findings in JAMA Cardiology. 

COVID-19 has disrupted routine cardiovascular care all over the world, with some procedures getting delayed for months and many hospitals reporting a significant drop in myocardial infarction patients.

Adding lung ultrasound to a STEMI patient’s Killip classification leads to a more thorough, effective assessment, according to new findings published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.