Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

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Preventice and eCardio Diagnostics announce strategic combination in cardiac patient monitoring market

Preventice, developer of the PatientCare Platform and the BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring Sensor and an innovator in software solutions for remote patient care, and eCardio Diagnostics LLC, a leading provider of remote cardiac monitoring products and services, announced today a strategic combination of Preventice and eCardio to drive innovation and growth in remote monitoring systems and mobile health applications. The two companies will now operate as wholly-owned subsidiaries of a newly formed holding company, Preventice, Inc.

Symetis receives CE Mark approval for transfemoral transcatheter aortic heart valve system ACURATE neo, and launches product with first commercial implantations

Symetis SA, the leading European developer of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) systems, announced today the launch of ACURATE neo, its 15F compatible transfemoral TAVI system. Commercial implantations started early September after Symetis received CE Mark approval for ACURATE neo this summer.

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Looking beyond the tech at TCT.14

The Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific session begins this weekend in Washington, D.C., so charge up your mobile devices now.

Best warfarin time in therapeutic range achieved using algorithm

In treating with warfarin, do physicians know best? New Zealand doctors second guessing an algorithm for anticoagulant dosing did not achieve superior results, according to a study published Sept. 2 in BMJ Open.

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Remote Monitoring & ICDs: Slow Uptake Despite Benefits

Remote monitoring of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers shows marked improvement in patient outcomes, if only patients and providers would use it. 

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Virtual Experts: How Surgery Simulations Are Changing Training

Cardiovascular medical education programs feel increased pressure to incorporate simulation training in their curricula. 

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TCT 2.0: Conference Takes It to the Next Level

After the successful launch of “TCT Goes Tablet” at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in 2013, this year’s conference organizers have expanded their use of digital platforms.

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Robotically Assisted Mitral Valve Repair: Does It Compute?

Depending on whom you listen to, robotically assisted mitral valve repair is either still on the rise, already past its prime or currently plateauing as the very definition of a boutique medical procedure...

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Key takeaways from RSNA 2024 for AI, CT, MRI and the radiology staffing shortage

Several key trends were evident at the Radiological Society of North America 2024 meeting, including new CT and MR technology and evolving adoption of artificial intelligence.

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Use of AI opportunistic screening in CT for cardiovascular disease

Ron Blankstein, MD, professor of radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains the use of artificial intelligence to detect heart disease in non-cardiac CT exams.