Cardiovascular Business September 26, 2024
According to many cardiologists, the No. 1 challenge they face on a day-to-day basis is competing with the damaging lifestyles of many of their patients.
Patients who smoke or abuse alcohol, for instance, can often be difficult to treat, especially if they are unwilling to make significant lifestyle adjustments for their own benefit.
That’s all according to a new survey of more than 400 U.S. cardiologists performed by KS&R, a New York-based market research firm. Each respondent was asked about the biggest challenges they face when treating and managing patients. The most common answer (62%) was patient lifestyle, followed by patient compliance (43%), high insurance costs (41%) and the high costs of practicing medicine (36%).
“Physicians can...
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