Computerized records in clinical cardiology

Legal implications of computerized medical records.

Population health management with computerized patient records.

CIGNA Healthcare of Arizona is using a computerized patient record system (EpicCare) for all medical care delivery at two primary care clinics. Use of this technology to improve quality of care for healthy populations and targeted groups of at-risk persons has led to population health management. This paper discusses strategies used in these endeavors.

Advances in Clinical Cardiology

REVIEW SUMMARY This overview highlights some recent advances in the epidemiology, diagnosis, risk stratification and treatment of acute coronary syndromes. The sheer volume of new studies reflects the robust state of global cardiovascular research but the focus here is on findings that are of most interest to the practising cardiologist. Incidence and mortality rates for myocardial infarction a...

Clinical excellence in cardiology.

A recent study identified 7 domains of clinical excellence on the basis of interviews with "clinically excellent" physicians at academic institutions in the United States: (1) communication and interpersonal skills, (2) professionalism and humanism, (3) diagnostic acumen, (4) skillful negotiation of the health care system, (5) knowledge, (6) taking a scholarly approach to clinical practice, and...

{ CLINICAL PROGRESS Isotope Technics in Clinical Cardiology

Historical Review The use of isotopes in clinical cardiology was introduced by Blumgart, Yens, and Weiss, who used radium C and a cloud chamber to estimate the linear velocity of blood flow in an extensive series of studies starting in 1927.1, 2 Undoubtedly the major stimulus to the adoption of tracer technics came from the introduction of man-made radioisotopes after World War II. During the i...