Private equity ownership of gastroenterology practices has led to higher prices and spending, but showed no effect on quality, according to a JAMA Health Forum analysis of more than 1.1 million patients at thousands of sites between 2012 and 2021.…
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Aravind Sekhar, MD, has joined Franciscan Physician Network Cardiology Lafayette and Crawfordsville, both in Indiana. Dr. Sekhar specializes in interventional cardiology and the treatment of cardiovascular disease, according to a Sept. 22 system news release. Both clinics provide comprehensive heart…
Essentia Health-Fargo (N.D.) has received the American Heart Association’s 2025 Commitment to Quality Award, which recognizes hospitals achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the “Get With the Guidelines” program. In addition, the hospital earned Heart Failure…
Fátima Rodriguez, MD, associate professor of medicine and section chief of preventive cardiology at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, will receive the 2025 Joseph A. Vita Award at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in November in New Orleans. Dr. Rodriguez will…
Lafayette, La.-based Cardiology Specialists of Acadiana has opened a 10,000-square-foot outpatient heart and vascular surgery center. The ASC offers diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, peripheral interventions, pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, angiograms and angioplasty. It is also equipped with GE HealthCare technology and…
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Operating rooms and ASCs are facing persistent shortages of anesthetic agents, forcing anesthesia teams to substitute drugs and alter workflows. As of June 19, the FDA listed 194 drugs in shortage, including ketamine hydrochloride injection, which is used for anesthesia.…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is training UC Davis Fire Department personnel on the “i-gel,” an advanced airway device. Unlike traditional breathing tubes, the i-gel sits above the windpipe, making it easier to insert quickly, requiring less training, and it…
England-based Ultromics’ AI technology could improve detection of cardiac amyloidosis on routine echocardiograms, according to a new study from the company. The results were presented at the American Society of Echocardiography’s 2025 Scientific Sessions in Nashville, Tenn., and published in…
New York City-based Heartbeat Health has been recognized as one of the world’s top healthtech companies by Time magazine and Statista, a Hamburg, Germany-based data analytics firm. The ranking recognizes 400 entities “leading innovation in healthcare globally through technology services…
Garden City, N.Y.-based OCLI VIsion has added Talia Shoshany, MD, an ophthalmologist specializing in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, to its network. Dr. Shoshany began seeing patients Sept. 2 at OCLI Vision’s Fairfield, Stamford and East Haven, Conn., locations, according…