Cardiology

From to hacking incidents to new affiliations, here are 10 industry updates for cardiology leaders to know:

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health is expanding its heart center and adding services.

South Denver Cardiology Associates, based in Littleton, Colo., said  sensitive patient data was compromised in a January hacking incident. The hack jeopardizes 287,652 patients' personal information, according to HHS numbers.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is now an alliance member of Cleveland Clinic’s Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute.

California cardiologist John Giacomini, MD, pleaded guilty to felony abusive sexual contact, the Justice Department said March 8.

Surgery Partners CEO Eric Evans said in the company's fourth-quarter earnings call that he expects cardiology to see a similar percentage of growth that orthopedics has since 2017.

An endovascular surgical device could benefit patients with severe deep venous insufficiency, according to a recent study published in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.

Cardiology procedures are increasingly moving outpatient, and ASCs performing them stand to earn big reimbursements. 

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group Surgery Center is the first freestanding ASC in Illinois to perform a cardiac catheterization, according to a March 7 news release shared with Becker's.

Forty-two percent of cardiologists reported experiencing burnout, with most of that 42 percent citing too many bureaucratic tasks, according to Medscape's 2022 "Cardiologists Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report" released Feb. 18.