November in Review: Blood clots & COVID-19 | Revered cardiologist dies | Patients settle for $66.5M | Stark Law updates

Blood clots are unusually common—and quite fatal—among patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

A moment of silence has been planned to celebrate the late cardiologist's memory. 

The settlement comes at the end of a lengthy legal battle that made national headlines.

"In patients with COVID-19, we continue to see a relentless, self-amplifying cycle of inflammation and clotting in the body," one researcher said. 

The analysis, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, included more than 8,000 adults.

The new list is a part of IBM Watson Health’s 100 Top Hospitals Program. Did your facility make the cut?

CMS has been considering such changes for years, hoping to reduce paperwork and encourage collaboration. 

Drug therapy is typically recommended for the initial treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation, but new research suggests there could be a more effective way. 

“The association between surgeon experience and operative outcomes has been the subject of debate," the researchers explained.

“The clinical implications of this discovery are significant,” one researcher said.