Same-day discharge following elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was safe and resulted in more than $5,000 in savings per procedure, according to an analysis of operations performed from 2006 through 2015. Yet only 9.1 percent of interventions that were studied achieved same-day discharge, representing an opportunity to trim healthcare costs in the United States.

A Weston, Connecticut, cardiologist was sentenced to six months in prison and handed a $500,000 fine this week after illegally trading stock in a life sciences company, the Associated Press reports.

The majority of the world’s countries aren’t on track to meet the United Nations' target of reducing premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by a third by 2030, researchers report in the current edition of the Lancet.

Risk-adjustment models assessing hospitals’ stroke outcomes should include patient transfer status, argue the authors of a new study, who found centers that accepted more transfer patients treated a sicker population and experienced higher mortality rates.

U.S. counties heavily populated by Hispanics see higher rates of cardiovascular death than more diverse communities, according to a Journal of the American Heart Association report—a phenomenon that’s likely owed to a combination of language barriers, economic disadvantages and lack of access to quality healthcare.

A Yale University cardiologist found guilty of sexual harassment five years ago received an endowed chair this summer—an accolade Yale itself claims “is widely recognized as the most prestigious honor a university can bestow on an accomplished faculty member,” the Washington Post reports.

The prices of 90 different drugs increased at double their normal rate once shortages occurred, a new study found—and the increases were even greater for those with three or fewer suppliers.

Patients are responsible for a growing portion of healthcare costs. In some cases, that responsibility has become untenable, leading patients to delay or avoid care, or to leave their providers with unpaid bills. In their search for solutions, hospitals and practices are trying a variety of interventions.