Cardiologists are well-positioned to leverage telemedicine, but they should eyeball the pros and cons before taking the plunge. 

Customized dashboards are helping health systems, hospitals and practices realize improvements in quality and cost of care.

A remote monitoring protocol for heart failure patients with implantable electronic devices helped more of them stay out of the hospital over a one-year period than standard in-person visits, researchers reported at EHRA 2019.

The size of cardiovascular studies is one factor forcing health systems and practices to consider the cloud for storage.

Understanding risks, policy costs and potential value can help you decide whether to invest in cyber-liability insurance.

While the WannaCry cyberattack against hospitals, clinics and device makers was largely unsuccessful, future hacks might be used to imperil patients. Experts worry the U.S system is still too vulnerable and health IT departments are under-resourced.  

Questions have swirled around the value of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for patients whose quality of life has suffered from chronic total occlusion (CTO). Inevitably, another issue has arisen: which cath labs and operators should be undertaking these difficult and costly procedures?

Working and speaking together, through professional associations, makes the voices of cardiovascular experts more likely to be heard.