Listen to David O. Williams, MD, of Brigham & Women's Hospital and Kalon K.L. Ho, MD, MSc of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as they discuss the role of IT in cardiovascular care in patient management, cost containment, workflow, best practices and reporting.

CHICAGO, Jan. 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, entered into an agreement with Rush University Medical Center, one of the largest private academic medical centers in Illinois, to provide Cardiology PACS.

TUCSON, Ariz. – Jan. 6, 2015 – SynCardia Systems, Inc. has received FDA approval to conduct a clinical study of the effectiveness of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart for permanent use, also called destination therapy. 

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stereotaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq:STXS), a leading provider of innovative technologies for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, announced today that more than 75,000 patient cases have been completed with its remote magnetic navigation technology. The Company also announced that it will present the latest enhancements and clinical data for its industry leading robotic platform at the upcoming International AF Symposium, January 8-10, 2015 in Orlando, FL (Booth #816). Now in its 20th year, the annual three-day symposium brings together the world's leading medical scientists and providers to discuss the most recent advances in the field of atrial fibrillation.

Cardiologist Eric Topol’s latest tome gets a lukewarm reception in the New York Times. Fellow physician Abigail Zuger, MD, finds Topol more enamored with data than doctoring in “The Patient Will See You Now.”

Call it an ambitious set of New Year’s resolutions. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its to-do list for 2015, including a look at the financial impact of the two-midnight policy and a nationwide review of cardiac catheterizations and endomyocardial biopsies.

December 22, 2014—Chelmsford, Mass.—ZOLL® Medical Corporation, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc., based in Roseville, Minn., which develops technologies to non-invasively increase circulation.

He’s been dead for more than a century but you can still hear his heartbeat. An artist and historian have collaborated on a project that converts images from 19th-century medical charts of pulse and heartbeat patterns into sound.