“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.

Sites that completed a web-based community and quality improvement project reduced rates of inappropriate imaging from 10 percent to 5 percent.

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.

No more spinning. We’ve made the quantum leap, and now it is time create value within healthcare reform. That is the message of the upcoming Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium.

Healthcare workers appear to be more stressed than other professionals, based on an analysis of calls to employee assistance programs.

MedAxiom will host the Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium June 12-14 in Atlanta. Suzette Jaskie, president and CEO of MedAxiom Consulting, shares details about the program in a Q&A.

This year’s Cardiovascular Service Line Symposium will provide attendees with tried-and-true examples of service line programs from a diverse group of healthcare professionals. “We no longer are talking about the theory of what will happen,” Suzette Jaskie, president and CEO of MedAxiom Consulting, told Cardiovascular Business. “We are trying to give people tangible, walk-away things that they can take home to programs they can implement.”

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been in the crosshairs for years for cardiovascular and gastrointestinal risks. Physicians now have a clearer vision of the target, thanks to a meta-analysis published online May 30 in The Lancet. The findings may help in the management of patients with painful conditions.