Healthcare IT News May 17, 2024
By 2030, there is projected to be a shortage of 120,000 cardiologists in the U.S. Combined with the decline in hospital beds and rising cost of heart failure, healthcare organizations need to find a way to detect heart failure earlier and at lower cost.
One million Americans aged 55 and older will be diagnosed with heart failure in 2024. For 80% of these people, diagnosis will come only after an emergency room visit and a cumbersome process that can last 11-15 weeks.
What’s worse: Half of these patients will not live five years past diagnosis. And the cost burden on the health system is staggering – up to $10,000 per patient for the diagnosis.
However, recent technology developments have the...
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