Webinars

Cardiac PET Imaging: When It’s the Right Test at the Right Time

Diagnosing and treating patients well starts with choosing the most precise test. Cardiac PET imaging is the test of choice more often these days when it comes to assessing coronary artery disease, myocardial perfusion, viability and ventricular function in more complex patients. It makes sense clinically, operationally and financially. It also trumps SPECT in many ways, and can even play a role in cardiac disease prevention.

Enterprise Imaging Strategy Beyond Radiology

In a recent focus group, 70% of healthcare IT executives surveyed indicated that enterprise imaging was an active initiative in their health system*. But achieving a truly effective enterprise imaging strategy has eluded the majority of U.S. health systems.

More Training, More Outreach, More Business: Pushing Your Interventional Program to the Next Level

Priorities need to focus on training and outreach from clinical, operational and financial perspectives as well as strengthening the heart team --;Prairie Heart and Vascular Institute in Springfield, Ill., is leading the way.

Simplifying Inventory Management: How Emory Saint Joseph’s Solved Their CV Inventory Challenges

With the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and changes to reimbursements, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, GA, recognizes it’s a critical time to control expenses.

Expert Advice: Coding Changes for Impella and What You Need to Know about Cardiac Bundles

Watch this strategic webinar on the changes effective October 1, 2016, that simplify reimbursement for heart assist device systems, including Impella.

From the Ground Up: Building a Better Interventional Program

San Juan Regional Medical Center's ongoing training and protocols has served the heart team well and their advice is solid for care providers seeking to offer quality care while maintaining a healthy bottom line.

Building a Protected PCI Program: Enhancing Revascularization Outcomes One Patient Transfer at a Time

Learn how to improve and save lives of high-risk and emergent patients in need of revascularization.

Nursing Best Practices: Enabling Success in Protected PCI Patients in Cardiogenic Shock

Find out what essential roles nurses play in San Juan Regional Medical Center's successful Protected PCI program.

Implementing a True Enterprise Image Management Solution

University Hospitals integrated health network is implementing a true enterprise image-management solution—VNA (vendor neutral archive)—which has been “a huge goldmine for patient care.”

Building a Protected PCI Program: Defining Algorithms, Selecting Patients

Good outcomes in revascularizing high-risk, complex PCI patients start with careful patient selection. The heart team at VA North Texas Healthcare System in Dallas shares their decision-making process for patient selection for Protected PCI.