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Inpatient blood draws are often performed during sleep hours, Yale study finds
The Yale study on non-urgent blood draws demonstrates a need for more patient-centered care.
19 Jan 2023
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Early Morning Blood Draws in Hospitalized Patients Come with Benefits and Drawbacks
César Caraballo-Cordovez, MD, spoke with MedicalResearch.com about a new study that demonstrates a need for more patient-centered delivery of care.
Source: MedicalResearch.com
18 Jan 2023
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American Heart Association Statement to Advance Peripheral Artery Disease Quality of Care and Outcomes
The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement to advance the science and practice of PAD treatment.
14 Oct 2022
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Call it data liberation day: Patients can now access all their health records digitally
Under federal rules taking effect Thursday, health care organizations must give patients unfettered access to their full health records in digital format.
Source: STAT
6 Oct 2022
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New Research Initiative to Identify Sex-specific Treatment Strategies for Coronary Artery Disease
The prospective multi-center registry will focus on the safety and effectiveness of Shockwave’s intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) technology in female patients.
30 Sep 2022
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When To Consider Genetic Testing for Heart Conditions
Arya Mani, MD, FACC, FAHA, director of the Yale Medicine Cardiovascular Genetics Program, says certain cardiovascular diseases are significantly impacted by genes.
Source: Yale New Haven Health
22 Sep 2022
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Are Patients Safe in Hospitals?
Harlan Krumholz, MD, on why recent improvements in patient safety still aren't good enough.
Source: MedPage Today
12 Aug 2022
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Federal report shows improvements in patient safety. Could COVID reverse that trend?
A study published in JAMA shows health care systems have made great strides in protecting hospitalized patients over the decade.
Source: USA Today
12 Jul 2022
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Health & Veritas: Shared Decision-Making
On the Health & Veritas podcast, Howard Forman and Harlan Krumholz talk about the latest news and ideas in healthcare and seek out the truth amid the noise. In the latest episode, they are joined by Erica Spatz to discuss the benefits of making treatment decisions in collaboration with patients, and the challenges of shifting to a more patient-centered approach.
Source: Yale School of Management
22 Oct 2021
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Shared Decision-Making Approaches for Peripheral Artery Disease: Where Do We Go Next?
The majority of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) would like to be involved in the decision making process for their PAD treatments.
Source: American College of Cardiology
12 Oct 2021
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I Gotta Have Heart
A groundbreaking technique known as TAVR saves a man's life.
Source: New Haven Independent
3 Aug 2021
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What Is Reiki And How Does It Work?
Reiki may sound “new age” to some, but it’s anything but new. The most well-documented benefits of reiki revolve around the relaxation response, which practitioners say invokes the body’s natural healing process.
Source: Forbes
26 May 2021
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Americans increasingly paying medical bills through crowdfunding, study shows
Twenty-seven percent of the over 1 million fundraisers on GoFundMe from May 2010 to December 2018 were held to help patients cover medical costs, according to research published Jan. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: Becker's Hospital Review
13 Jan 2021
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Early, Large LDL Reduction Tied to Lowest Event Rates After MI
In registry data covering more than 40,000 patients with myocardial infarction followed for almost 4 years, those with the largest early reductions in LDL-C appeared to reap the greatest reductions in adverse cardiovascular events.
Source: Medscape
7 Jan 2021
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New organ selection system at YNHH yields five-fold increase in heart transplants
A new approach to heart transplants led by Makoto Mori, Tariq Ahmad, and Arnar Geirsson has fundamentally changed how heart transplants are performed at Yale New Haven Hospital.
Source: Yale Daily News
4 Nov 2020
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Are New AUC Ratings and Prosecution the Answer to PCI Overuse?
Accounting for the ISCHEMIA trial in appropriate use criteria (AUC) would substantially shift the proportion of coronary revascularizations considered proper.
Source: MedPage Today
21 Sep 2020
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Remote monitoring is rapidly growing — and a new class of patient-consumer is driving the shift
Health care is undergoing a monumental shift toward remote patient monitoring — and a new class of patient-consumer is leading the charge, according to a new STAT report.
Source: STAT
16 Sep 2020
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Dr Manan Pareek Shares Data From the Cardiac Complications Registry in Patients With COVID-19
Providers need to focus on detecting and treating cardiovascular complications in at-risk patients, and not get lost in the fact they have COVID-19, said Manan Pareek, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESC, an internal medicine hospital resident at the Yale University School of Medicine.
Source: AJMC
6 Sep 2020
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Yale Study: Hospital Safety Measures Offer Patients Reassurance During Procedures
Emerging information from cardiac electrophysiologists at Yale New Haven Hospital’s (YNHH) Heart and Vascular Center shows that hospital safety protocols were effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
2 Sep 2020
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The Role of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: A Roundtable Discussion
Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, Jaime Murillo, MD, and Steven Nissen, MD, discuss how cardiovascular outcome trial results are impacting the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors in patients with heart failure and how these drugs are shaping heart failure outcomes for patients.
Source: AJMC
14 Aug 2020