Informatics and innovations sessions at ACR 2015™ can help radiology professionals overcome information technology (IT) challenges and support enterprise imaging initiatives as medicine moves from volume to value-based care. Early bird registration and abstract submission deadlines are approaching for ACR 2015™, the all-new American College of Radiology (ACR) annual meeting, May 17–21, 2015, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. 

Interventional cardiologists can toast some coding changes when they ring in the New Year, including a new specialty designation that more accurately portrays performance.  

Researchers exploring glycemic index effects on cardiovascular health in overweight and obese patients found that a low glycemic diet did not improve risk. Nor did it positively alter risks for diabetes.

With the transition from ICD-9 code sets to ICD-10 codes looming, a recent American College of Cardiology (ACC) survey showing nearly 65 percent of cardiologists are unclear about the new requirements suggests greater provider education is needed.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) released more content for the Guideline Clinical app, the first update following the November launch. The update expands available tools and guidelines for valvular heart disease and atrial fibrillation.

The cardiology picture archiving and communication system (PACS) market is projected to grow at a robust rate in North America, Europe and Asia over the next five years, according to analyses.

In an increasingly mobile world, physicians need tools that include media patients won’t ignore. One London-based study sent blood pressure or lipid-lowering medication reminders to patients via text messages that required participants to respond, with some success.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), as part of a research partnership with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), today issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to study how to improve blood pressure control among populations at highest risk for suffering hypertension-related strokes, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular events.