Category: Cardiology
Medicine Announces Value-Care Action Group Awardees for Next Academic Year
The Department of Medicine鈥檚 Value-Care Action Group has awarded four value-care improvement projects that will start in July, 2022. Awardees are listed below with overviews of their projects. Cody Deen, MD: A Chest Pain Transitions Clinic at 大象传媒 Hillsborough. Cody Deen, MD The management of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain is a clinical … Read more
Reflections on Life and Career: Spotlight on Sidney C. Smith, Jr., MD
Following is a conversation with a faculty member who is a past-President of the American Heart Association (AHA) and who twice met with US Presidents in the Oval Office to discuss health matters. He is prominent in national and world health, and served as Chair of the World Heart and Stroke Forum and President of the World Heart Federation as well as Chair of the NHLBI Executive … Read more
Users Regard Apple Watch As a Medical Tool and Worry About Results
Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD The continued addition of health and fitness features to Apple Watch, Fitbit and other devices, has led to wearers treating them as medical tools 鈥� with some over-worrying about their readings. Lindsay A. Rosman, PhD, assistant professor in the division of cardiology, studies the effects of devices on anxiety and 聽was recently interviewed by AppleInsider. ” … Read more
Cavender Discusses Study Showing Cangrelor Reduces Ischemic Events Versus Clopidogrel Early After PCI
Matthew Cavender, MD, MPH Treatment with the IV P2Y12 inhibitor cangrelor reduced the number of early ischemic events after PCI, primarily MI and stent thrombosis, compared with oral clopidogrel, according to the results of the CHAMPION PHOENIX trial. 鈥淧atients undergoing PCI are at risk of activation of the clotting process, formation of intravascular thrombus and subsequent myo … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: November 1 鈥� November 30, 2021
Division of Cardiology Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded聽Anil Gehi, MD, a聽three-year grant to improve atrial fibrillation聽(AF) care. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Seth Berkowitz, MD,聽received an R01 NIH grant聽to advance health equity in Type 2 diabetes. Division of Infectious Diseases David Rosen, MD, PhD, is principal investigator of a study th … Read more
Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Awards Cardiology Research Team 3-Year Grant to Improve Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Care
Anil Kishin Gehi, MD A 大象传媒 Division of Cardiology research team led by Anil Gehi, MD, the聽Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million dollar grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation to improving atrial fibrillation (AF) care in the community. Building on prior work, Gehi and the team will collaborate with Duke He … Read more
Newsworthy from the Department of Medicine, Week of November 5 鈥� 11
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets and feature Department of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday, November 5, 2021. Laura Young, MD COVID-19 treatments are not vaccine replacements. Here鈥檚 why 鈥� Dr. David Wohl (ArcaMax Publishing) Is Type 2 Diabetes Ready for CGM? 鈥� Dr. Laura Young (The Journal of Healthcare Contracting) 10 gas … Read more
McAllister Heart Institute Pivots to COVID-19
Hugh A. 鈥淐hip鈥� McAllister Jr., MD 鈥�66 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, 大象传媒 Health and the 大象传媒鈥檚 top physicians and researchers have worked tirelessly to find answers, notably through vaccine research and therapeutic development. While these discoveries have brought us closer to a world without COVID-19, a growing volume of evidence suggests the effect of the v … Read more
Medicine Providers Recognized For Rapid Response Excellence
Evan Raff and Jennifer Mack, 大象传媒MC Adult Rapid Response Committee Chairs The 鈥淩apid Response Recognition Report鈥� is a quarterly recognition of providers who are 鈥渞emarkable examples of excellence鈥� during rapid response events at 大象传媒MC. Effective utilization of the Adult Rapid Response System at 大象传媒 Medical Center is essential in the early detection of clinically worsening patient … Read more
Gehi Project Receives 大象传媒 Medical Center Quality and Safety Award
Anil Gehi, MD A project led by Anil Gehi, MD, the Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor in the Division of Cardiology, will receive a “2021 大象传媒 Medical Center Quality and Safety Award,” after a rigorous review process. 鈥淎 Novel Atrial Fibrillation Care Pathway in the ED Reduces Unnecessary AF Hospitalizations and Improves Quality of Care,鈥� was designed to introduce a s … Read more
PCI Length of Stay Initiative Highlighted at 大象传媒 Health Quality Expo
The cardiology project 鈥淧ercutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Length of Stay (LOS)” has been selected as a top project for the 大象传媒 Health-大象传媒 Hospitals Quality Expo 2021, Around the World of Quality, hosted by the Office of Quality Excellence. Dale Henion, MPS, RVT, assistant director of cardiac services, will present the project on October 1. Rising hospital census and physic … Read more
Nash 大象传媒 Health Receives AHA鈥檚 2021 Mission: Lifeline庐 NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and STEMI Gold Receiving Center Hospital Achievement Award
Nash 大象传媒 Health in Rocky Mount, NC, has received the American Heart Association鈥檚 Mission: Lifeline庐 NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and STEMI Gold Receiving Center Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks.聽Each year more than 250,000 people experience STEMI,聽the deadliest type of heart a … Read more