Join Connie Ryan, Cardiology Resource Manager at Oklahoma State University Medical Center as she shares how OSUMC was successful in enhancing their physicians workflow and in increasing productivity in their echo lab with the GE Healthcare's Centricity Cardio Enterprise Solution (CCE).

Ipsos Healthcare, the global healthcare division of Ipsos, has added the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation (SPAF) Monitor to its syndicated Cardiovascular Therapy Monitor Portfolio.

The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) today announced the online publication of the organization’s comprehensive diabetes management algorithm consensus statement.

The Ellsworth Medical Clinic in rural Wisconsin used its EHR to monitor patients with hypertension. It has seen a 30 percent improvement in hypertension control since 2007. The Million Hearts Initiative, which calls the clinic a model for small practices, featured it in a video.

Fisher-Titus Medical Center and The Bellevue Hospital today announced an affiliation with Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. The affiliation will bring world-class heart care to area residents and provide greater access to Cleveland Clinic’s academic, clinical and research best practices in cardiovascular and thoracic care.

In a video and article in the New York Times, Bill Nye the Science Guy explains the motivation for starting his television crusade to inspire children about science and his initiative to take on naysayers of developments such as global warming. His goal? To change the world.

“You can do a lot of things and still do no harm – and often not much good, either.” In a “Hard Cases” column in the New York Times, Abigail Zuber, MD, describes her realization of how doing nothing beyond maintaining a doctor-patient relationship nudged a recalcitrant patient into doing something herself.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) kicked off a program designed to reduce hospital readmissions using patient-centric approaches. The ACC will recruit 35 hospitals to develop its ACC Patient Navigator Program, which is supported by $10 million grant from AstraZeneca. Here is a video from the announcement.