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Ramped-up productivity incentives and a deadly down slope
The healthcare system always conducts a “root cause” analysis when a medical error occurs. It looks for a systemic problem to address in order to prevent a recurrence. Although multidimensional, we have failed to address one of the root causes of…
SVS Foundation work continues during year of challenges
Despite it being a year unlike any other, the increased generosity of the SVS Foundation donors allowed for the mission work to continue as planned. When the Foundation’s fiscal year began, April 1, 2020, the pandemic had only recently started…
Radiation exposure: ControlRad Select imaging system gains FDA market clearance
ControlRad has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to market ControlRad Select, a technology that utilizes proprietary semi-transparent filters, a user-interface tablet, and image processing algorithms to reduce radiation exposure during fluoroscopically guided procedures. The technology is retrofitted…
Key MACRA changes highlighted
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is in its fifth calendar year, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to publish rule changes annually. CMS has limited the changes for 2021 Merit-based Incentive Payment System…
British AAA screening results show ‘considerable’ local variation in proportion of patients undergoing EVAR
The first detailed surgical results from the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) show that, over a seven-year period, the turn down rate after referral for treatment with a screen-detected AAA and perioperative mortality were low.…
VRIC set to be held during VAM 2021
This year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held during two sessions at the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in August. VAM is scheduled for Aug. 18 to 21 in San Diego, California; the VRIC sessions will each be…
SVS SET: PAD patient walks away from pain
Ice, cold and snow make it tough to walk outside in Lansing, Michigan, right now. So, jokes Doug Giller, he is wearing a path in his carpeting instead. For 45 minutes each evening, he walks a path throughout his house…
Coaches ‘integral’ to SVS SET app program
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” Those are words ascribed to football coach Ara Parseghian, who guided the University of Notre Dame to two national championships in the 1960s…
Supervised Exercise Therapy: There’s an app for that
Call it timing on several fronts, each part coming together for the benefit of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Included in the mix was an interest on the part of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to utilize technology…
SVS Clinical Research Seed Grant deadline pushed to March 8
The deadline for the SVS Foundation Clinical Research Seed Grant has been extended to Monday, March 8. The award, which provides researchers with $25,000 to cover direct costs for one year, seeks to recognize the importance of clinical investigation in vascular…