Search Tag: Cardiology

Executive Health Management

Telecardiology-what-could-be-next

2021 01 Jun

The new way to monitor health With the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns and restrictions of physical contact, many cardiovascular scientific associations and journals started to speak about telemedicine solutions, but many highlighted that no telecardiology programme could be created overnight. In cardiology, the branch of telecardiology is well...Read more

Executive Health Management

Transforming-womens-health-2021

2021 10 Jun

Find Mayo Clinic on Social Media   Read more

Executive Health Management

Children-in-the-spotlight-when-every-second-counts

2020 09 Mar

The University Hospital of the Free University of Brussels (UZ Brussel) in Belgium is pioneering the use of real-time deep learning-based image reconstruction (DLIR) on CT scan, exploring the benefits it offers for rapid pediatric evaluation, including lower dose and enhanced efficiency. In healthcare, it is acknowledged that...Read more

Executive Health Management

2020-our-view-on-the-year-ahead

2019 28 Dec

Editors-in-Chief for HealthManagement.org share their views on what to look out for in 2020 healthcare management.   Alexandre Lourenço, our Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for EXEC  and President Portuguese Association of Hospital Managers says technology, patient-centred care will continue to play a pivotal role in how healthcare will develop....Read more

Executive Health Management

The-future-of-cardiovascular-disease-treatment-and-management

2019 26 Aug

Arthur M. Feldman, MD, PhD, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, has been recognised with the 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award-Basic Domain by the American College of Cardiology. Prof. Feldman has received this honour due to his contribution towards improving cardiovascular health and...Read more

Executive Health Management

Cardiology-and-mhealth-rethink-about-monitoring

2019 26 Aug

Summary: Overview about the value of mHealth in cardiology exemplified by some promising tools that for sure will change the way cardiology is practiced, especially in the management of rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation.   Where Are We Now?   Nowadays, there is a lot of hype about the role of wearables and mobile health (mHealth)...Read more

Executive Health Management

Cardiovascular-disease-prevention-2019-quo-vadis

2019 26 Aug

Summary: Cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in 2019 remain a major healthcare issue, requiring an individualised approach for diagnostic and therapeutic decision making.   Introduction   Since investigators from the Framingham Heart Study first confirmed the existence and importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in...Read more

Executive Health Management

Nuclear-cardiology-molecular-insights-into-the-heart

2019 26 Aug

Summary: Nuclear cardiology is a promising field located between research, imaging, and patient care. Through close interdisciplinary cooperation, a variety of cardiovascular diseases (eg coronary artery, inflammatory and infiltrative cardiac diseases) can not only be investigated, but also efficiently treated in daily clinical routine.    What...Read more

Executive Health Management

Hypertension-prevention-is-better-than-cure

2019 26 Aug

How can we get the most common, costly, and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor under control?     Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death with an upward trend beyond 30% and a tripling in costs between 2010 and 2030, placing a significant economic burden on public healthcare services. 1,2,3 The most common risk factor...Read more

Executive Health Management

Transforming-women-s-health-2020

2020 30 Jun

EVENT SUSPENDED UNTIL 30TH JUNE, DATE TBA, DUE TO COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS Find Mayo Clinic on Social Media Read more

Executive Health Management

6ts-top-to-toe-transcatheter-solutions-2020-conference

2020 13 Feb

Find 4TS on Social Media  Read more

Executive Health Management

Bsci-bscct-spring-meeting-2020

2020 27 Mar

Find BSCI on Social Media Read more

Executive Health Management

Transforming-women-s-health-2019-challenges-and-new-frontiers

2019 13 Jun

Find Mayo Clinic on Social Media Read more

Executive Health Management

Personalised-medicine-the-road-ahead

2019 22 May

How can healthcare accelerate the implementation of the science?   Where is Personalised Medicine (PM) already improving the lives of patients and what is needed to make it the standard of care across multiple conditions?     What’s your brief at the PMC?   I have a science and genetics background and bring scientific...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-role-of-social-media-in-cardiology-1

2019 22 Feb

Social Media is gaining significant popularity amongst the medical and allied health professionals. It enables a platform where dissemination of research can materialise very quickly, at no cost, for the benefit of colleagues and patients across the world.   Social media (#SoMe) can now be considered one of the most important methods...Read more

Executive Health Management

Catherine-estrampes-appointed-president-ceo-of-ge-healthcare-europe

2017 25 Jul

Catherine Estrampes has been announced as President & CEO for GE Healthcare Europe, effective on 1 October 2017, reporting to Kieran Murphy, GE Healthcare CEO.   “Catherine brings strong experience from her career with GE Capital and more recently managing GE Healthcare’s U.S. Central Zone. Her vision and leadership skills will be key assets as...Read more

Executive Health Management

Cardiology-in-the-care-continuum

2016 27 Feb

The case for coordination of cardiology services across the care continuum would seem to be compelling, given the complex needs of cardiac patients. Siloing cardiac care can lead to fragmented treatment, increased costs and lowering of quality. However, in practice this collaboration and coordination can be difficult to implement. Barriers to care...Read more

Executive Health Management

Ucla-big-data-computing-center-of-excellence

2014 14 Oct

UCLA is set to establish a Center of Excellence for Big Data Computing under an $11 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The UCLA centre, part of an initial $32 million outlay for the $656 million Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative, will formulate new strategies for harnessing complex biomedical data sets known as...Read more

Executive Health Management

Cvd-data-to-be-standardised-across-europe

2013 05 Mar

Budgets are becoming tighter and health systems are under pressure to address the increasing burden of chronic diseases. Tackling chronic diseases requires up to date information on disease prevalence and risk factors but Europe currently lacks data on cardiovascular disease (CVD) that is standardised and can be compared. The European Society of...Read more