Dr. Laxmi Mehta, clinical director of the women’s cardiovascular health program and associate director of education at the Center for Women’s Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, has been elected to serve on the Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) as the first female ACC Governor for Ohio. Mehta's term will run March 2015-2018. She will concurrently serve as the president of the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology. She will serve as Governor-Elect beginning March 2014.

Outpatient visits for angina have decreased considerably since the mid-1990s, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, but it is not yet clear what specific factors played a role in this trend.

Three of the region’s leading medical institutions – Baylor College of Medicine, CHI St. Luke’s Health and the Texas Heart® Institute – have significantly expanded and enhanced their long-standing educational, clinical and research affiliations in conjunction with Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, which sponsors and operates the newly named CHI St. Luke’s Health.

Understanding what actually benefits patients not only leads to better care but also better shepherding of limited resources. Evidence this week underscored several potential opportunities for avoiding technologies or protocols that ultimately don’t improve outcomes.

Cam Patterson, MD, MBA, left the University of North Carolina to assume the position of senior vice president and chief operating officer of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City.

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, commonly known as Meaningful Use, began making payments to eligible professionals in May 2011. 

Can a hospital improve outcomes and its bottom line simultaneously? Yes. But sometimes it requires putting up some cash first.

A series of High Value Care case studies are available online for free from the American College of Physicians (ACP) to help clinicians understand the benefits, harms, and costs of tests and treatment options for common clinical issues so they can pursue care that improves health and eliminates wasteful practices.