Fantastic evening celebrating Robert Gerszten receiving the Paul Dudley White award from American Heart Association: Massachusetts American Heart Association

A role model and inspiration to us all BIDMC CVI BIDMC CV Fellowship 🙌

Out now! 'Digital Health Care Outside of Traditional Clinical Settings' explores the rise of at-home digital health care and associated ethical, legal & reimbursement challenges & opportunities.

Edited by Dr. Dan Kramer I. Glenn Cohen Julia Adler-Milstein Carmel Shachar: bit.ly/DigitalHealthS…

Check out new piece with Matt Vogel Ben Rome Aaron Kesselheim Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law

Couldn’t be more proud!! BIDMC Smith Center BIDMC CV Fellowship BIDMC CVI Robert W. Yeh MD Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP Jordan Strom, MD, MSc, FACC, FASE Dhruv Kazi

As part of the AHA Science Centennial Collection, Karen Joynt Maddox and I examine how major policy reforms in the US have impacted cardiovascular health

We also discuss opportunities to advance CV health & equity through policy, as well as emerging threats
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Big thanks to Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP for giving an expansive and insightful talk as part of our Health Disparities series! Dr. Wadhera presented his work to explored how state and federal policies have impacted care delivery, clinical outcomes, and health equity.

Medicare’s new health equity adjustment in the HVBP program will significantly reclassify hospital bonus and penalty status and redistribute program payments, with hospitals caring for minoritized populations and those with low income benefiting the most. ja.ma/3QenpxA

Medicare’s new health equity adjustment in the HVBP program will significantly reclassify hospital bonus and penalty status and redistribute program payments, with hospitals caring for minoritized populations and those with low income benefiting the most. ja.ma/44asNaI

Read about this new NIH/NHLBI cohort called the Multiethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC)

So much to learn from studying AsA & NHPI, and how to achieve health equity in these underrepresented communities nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2024/new-…

Amazing BIDMC CVI Cardiology Grand Rounds talk by Alka Kanaya focused on the cardiometabolic health of South Asian adults!

Tour de force BIDMC CVI grand rounds by Alka Kanaya:

# U.S. South Asians are not a monolith
# ⬆️⬆️CV risk driven by diabetes + beta cell dysfn + ins resistance
# low exercise + sarcopenia
# similar LDL-C but ⬆️ Lp(a)
# Tight social network-activate for lifestyle change #MASALA

As part of the AHA Science Centennial Collection, Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP and Karen Joynt Maddox discuss how health policy reforms over the past 2 decades have impacted cardiovascular outcomes, and describe emerging challenges in the health care landscape.

Circ: CQO
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

New CV Perspective published in #CircCQO for the #AHACentennialCollection from Rishi Wadhera, MD MPP and Karen Joynt Maddox: Policy Strategies to Advance Cardiovascular Health in the United States—Building on a Century of Progress ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… #AHAJournals

🚨Stunning!🚨

REVERSAL in the decline of heart failure ☠️ in the US 1999-2021

1999-2005 ⬇️ ☠️
2005-2012 ⬇️ ☠️
2012-2019 ⬆️ ☠️
2019-2021 ⬆️⬆️☠️

Age-adjusted HF related ☠️ rates higher in 2021 vs 1999!

WT😱🆘

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…

JAMA Cardiology Marat Fudim, MD MHS

#BalanceDHF Milestone❗️

First pts enrolled in #BalanceDHF RCT studying unique #MRmodulator balcinrenone in combo w #SGLT2i dapagliflozin

Seeking to expand therapeutic options in HF+CKD across the full spectrum of LVEF!

Long way to go, but 💪🏾 global team
classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06…

Thanks Nature Medicine for the invitation to discuss equity in clinical trials.

nature.com/articles/s4159…
⚫️ acknowledge our past
⚫️ strategize for the future: representation according to disease prevalence/severity, negotiation, scholarship, funding, community partnership

The FTC just voted to ban non-competes, which could have major implications for many health care workers

'25,000 of the 26,000 public comments the agency received supported the proposal, with health care workers making up a pretty significant chunk”
thehill.com/business/46154…

As part of the AHA Science Centennial Collection, Karen Joynt Maddox and I examine how major policy reforms in the US have impacted cardiovascular health

We also discuss opportunities to advance CV health & equity through policy, as well as emerging threats
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

A fantastic BIDMC Smith Center Health Policy Section research team dinner. Celebrating a year of impactful work, life wins, Danish culture ('Skål'), and new collaborations and beginnings over non-stop sushi.

Older patients with #Hodgkin #lymphoma have high burden of #HF , high 1 year mortality and low of anthracyclines and cardioprotective meds. Need improved #cardioonc strategies in this population. Check out the latest #JACCCardioOnc issue on anthracyclines
jacc.org/toc/cardio-onc…