Cardiology patients used virtual care options more than ever before during the COVID-19 pandemic, but medications were prescribed less frequently, and fewer diagnostic tests were ordered, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

RWJBarnabas Health embraces antibody therapy for high-risk COVID-19 patients, Stanford Health Care performs a record number of heart transplants, Swedish Health Services appoints its first chief health equity officer—all this and more in this month’s Clients in the News.

Instead of a hybrid model as planned, the 70th annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session & Expo will be an all-virtual experience streaming live May 15-17. ACC.21 was previously postponed until late spring in the hopes that people would be able to safely gather in Atlanta.

Even now that most healthcare workers have been inoculated against COVID-19 and the vaccine is being rolled out to the public, the devastating pandemic still looms large—particularly for hospitals. Learn more in the new white paper "Data Analytics in the Time of COVID-19.”

HCA Healthcare has formed a consortium of prominent public and private research institutions to leverage its vast datasets on COVID-19 hospital care to improve patient outcomes and public knowledge. The institutions—including Duke University Hospital, the federal Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), Johns Hopkins University,  and others—will gain access to the data in a research program directed by the HCA Healthcare Research Institute.

Even after being discharged from the hospital, COVID-19 patients face elevated rates of mortality, readmission, and multi-organ dysfunction, according to a new study from the United Kingdom.

The Leapfrog Group has honored three LUMEDX clients as pandemic heroes: Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Florida, the MemorialCare COVID-19 Command Center in Fountain Valley, California, and the RWJBarnabas Health Patient Experience Team in New Jersey.

Although COVID-19 initially presented as a respiratory disease that primarily affects lung function, doctors have learned over the past eight months that serious short- and long-term effects on the heart are all too common.

A way to triage COVID-19 patients using telehealth in New York City, carbon-neutral status for a healthcare giant in California, and more. See how LUMEDX clients from coast to coast are adapting to the changing global landscape in this edition of Clients in the News.

After pivoting to virtual for its spring CV TransForum, MedAxiom has decided to also hold its fall conference online—complete with opportunities for leaders and industry innovators to connect and exchange ideas and solutions for transforming cardiovascular care.