ACC.26, taking place March 28-30 in New Orleans, LA, is hosting a wide variety of Special Topics sessions encouraging and advancing innovation in the cardiovascular space. Drop by the James T. Dove Keynote on aligning teams and data for cardiovascular impact, learn how to leverage digital and genetic innovations in “Innovation as Friend, Not Foe,” and test your knowledge with the Guideline Goldmine Gameshow. Each presentation has been crafted by experts to display the latest in cardiovascular science and give new insights into digital health, artificial intelligence, global systems of care and more. Register now to join the ACC for a practice-changing experience.

With ACC’s newly updated TreatHF app, explore the best therapies for patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF) and gain new insight into the use of each option. Check out the latest additions – including HF with mid-range ejection fraction clinical guidance, the H2FpEF diagnostic system and expanded Therapy Reference section – all designed to create a streamlined user experience. Find out more.

ACC’s Health Care Innovation Member Section is looking for start-up companies in the cardiovascular space to apply for the Innovation Pitch Challenge taking place during ACC.26, March 28-30, 2026, in New Orleans, LA. Eight companies will be selected to present their company and product at the Future Hub in front of a panel of experts. Free ACC.26 registration will be provided for two representatives of each team. Learn more and apply by Jan. 9, 2026.

Join ACC's Academic Cardiology Member Section on Monday, Dec. 15 at 6 p.m. ET for part one of a webinar series focusing on supporting researchers at every career stage. The series will help you master the federal grant landscape: Decode Research Project Grants (R01s), Career Development (K) Awards and recent policy changes to secure your essential research funding. The inaugural session focuses on obtaining federal grants – the bedrock of a successful academic cardiology career. Learn more and register.

As part of the sustained, collaborative effort to transform cardiovascular care, ACC Chapters are forging powerful alliances with each other and with ACC Member Sections to reshape the future.

Join Barbara Srichai-Parsia, MD, FACC; Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC; and Roosha Parikh, MD, FACC, for a new ACC CardiaCast podcast episode: Seamless Coronary CT Imaging: Integrating AI to Optimize Diagnosis and Clinical Workflow, part of ACC's free online course, Modern CCTA Practice: Core Competencies and Advanced Technologies. The episode discusses the value of fractional flow reserve-computed tomography (FFR-CT) and emerging technologies in streamlining clinical workflow and improving diagnosis. Hear tips on when FFR-CT is most useful, its limitations in specific patient populations, and how artificial intelligence (AI) advances in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) could shape care for patients and clinicians. Learn more.

Are you ready to take your clinical research career to the next level? Boost your skills, expand your network and strengthen your expertise through ACC's year-long Clinical Trials Research program.

In the latest episode of the "Innovation in Action" podcast series, ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC, is joined by Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, FACC, and Paul Friedman, MD, to discuss the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in cardiovascular care...

Watch a recent webinar hosted by ACC's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Member Section Work Group discussing AI in clinical practice.

The ACC is looking for the best in procedural trainers, games and simulator enhancements for its Cardio Sim Creator Competition. This exclusive competition represents the cutting edge in educational innovation from health care professionals or teams – original work that identifies and solves specific problems, enhances user skillsets, and advances training in the field. The winner, announced in early November, will be invited to present their simulation/simulator at ACC.26, taking place March 28-30, 2026, in New Orleans, LA, and offered a faculty appointment at the Personalized Skills Zone. To be considered, submit a short video on your work by Monday, Oct. 13. Learn more.

The "Innovation in Action" podcast series from the ACC Innovation Program explores cutting-edge ideas shaping the future of care delivery. In a recent episode, ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC, is joined by ACC Vice President Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, and Carolyn S.P. Lam, MD, to discuss thrombotic conditions, spotlighting critical gaps in treatment. The conversation also explores current therapies and the latest research into novel treatment approaches. Find out more.

The ACC seeking question writers for ACC's FIT Jeopardy Competition at ACC.26, taking place March 28-30, in New Orleans, LA. Each question writer will be responsible for designing 10-20 questions in their area of expertise. Applications are due by Tuesday, Sept. 30. Apply here.

Shape the future of cardiovascular medicine by sharing your research with the global cardiovascular community at ACC.26, taking place March 28-30, 2026, in New Orleans, LA. The ACC is now accepting abstract submissions across 60 topics and complex clinical case submissions, including innovation, digital health and technology abstracts as a featured field.

Be part of the global stage where groundbreaking research, real-world cases and innovative care converge. All submissions are due by Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. ET. Learn more and submit today!

In this episode of “Innovation in Action,” a podcast series hosted by the ACC Innovation Program, ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, is joined by ACC Vice President Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, and Carolyn S. P. Lam, MD, to discuss thrombotic conditions and the importance of addressing gaps in treatment. The podcast, supported by Johnson & Johnson, also highlights current treatments and recent research exploring novel treatments. Listen to the podcast.

"As cardiovascular medicine advances into the digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming cardiac imaging at an unprecedented pace," writes Kenneth Guber, MD, in a recent article published in Cardiology magazine. The integration of AI into the imaging field presents both opportunities and challenges for cardiologists, and FITs have a unique professional opportunity to understand and adapt to these changes. Read the full article.

Advances in digital innovation and data science are rapidly impacting the clinical management of cardiovascular diseases. To showcase the current state of research and forecast future directions, JACC: Asia is calling for a broad range of investigations on data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, large language/multimodal models, clinical trials, digital tools and more.

Join ACC's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Member Section Work Group on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at noon ET for a webinar discussing AI in clinical practice. The webinar will review TRIPID + AI – recently published reporting guidance from the EQUATOR Network – offer insights into its development, and review the challenges encountered along the way.

ACC membership benefits now include the power of AI! Through a new partnership with Elsevier, ACC members will receive deep discounts on access to ClinicalKey AI, a conversational search tool designed to aid clinical decision-making. Powered by peer-reviewed content from trusted sources, clinicians can ask complex clinical questions and get quick, summarized answers backed by references and citations.  Subscriptions start at less than $2/day, and ACC members save 30%! Learn more and try it free for 14 days.

The ACC recently launched a new tool, Leveraging Apple Watch for Cardiovascular Care. Developed with funding and support from Apple, the tool is designed to provide guidance for clinicians and patients using health data collected while wearing an Apple Watch to effectively track and manage cardiovascular health. Through the tool, clinicians can establish best practices for incorporating Apple Watch data relevant to a patient's care plan and develop processes for working with patients to ensure they are using the watch correctly and seeking care where appropriate. Learn more.

In Redefining Cardiovascular Care: Leveraging Data and AI to Shape the Future of Medicine, global leaders tackle the benefits and challenges of AI innovation, including digital health at scale, ethical considerations, agentic AI, cybersecurity and more. It's just one of more than a thousand presentations from ACC.25, including inspiring keynotes, cutting-edge late-breaking clinical trials, thought-provoking panels and more. ACC.25 attendees with full three-day conference professional registration receive a FREE one-year subscription to ACC Anywhere – login to activate your account. Didn't attend ACC.25? Enjoy a free preview and subscribe to watch the full video, plus thousands more from ACC's top meetings!

Join ACC's Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, and MedAxiom's Executive Vice President of Care Transformation Ginger K. Biesbrock, PA-C, DSc, FACC, for a webinar on Wednesday, May 28, at 1 p.m. ET, presenting novel operational architectures to optimize care delivery through targeting nonclinical determinants of health. The webinar is part of ACC and MedAxiom's care transformation initiative. Register now.

Join ACC's Cardiovascular Management Member Section on Thursday, June 12 at 7 p.m. ET to discover how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming physician roles, reducing burnout and overcoming the barriers to implementation in a comprehensive webinar on AI-driven health care empowerment.

An increasing number of academic faculty are engaging in innovation-related activities in technology, medical devices and health care delivery. In response to this growth, academic medical centers should implement quantifiable entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial metrics that recognize and reward physician innovators' accomplishments...

As the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into the health care field continues to expand, AI education should be integrated into cardiovascular disease training. In a recent article published in JACC: Advances...

The implementation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models in health care continues to expand. The National Academy of Medicine Digital Health Action Collaborative held a workshop in October of 2023 to define applications and frameworks for generative AI and large language models in medicine and biomedical science.

The ACC and Pfizer are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity, seeking proposals for quality improvement initiatives that will increase identification and accurate diagnosis of heart failure (HF) patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).

Addressing the dynamic and ever-changing landscape of cardiovascular care requires a strategic approach to guarantee care is both accessible and appropriate for the needs of diverse patient populations, according to a new Leadership Page published in JACC. To that end, ACC and MedAxiom are partnering on a series of care transformation resources designed to provide a framework for health systems to effectively integrate novel paradigms of care into their delivery models. Download the new foundational document and AI Tools to start building your framework.

Join Vivek Kulkarni, MD, FACC, on Friday, March 28 from 1-5 p.m. CT, for a pre-conference workshop designed for navigating the world of research and evidence-based guidelines – with special focus on the TAVR-Unload Trial and 2020 ACC/AHA Valve Disease Guideline. Practice applying JACC articles and clinical guidelines to a real-world case, with guidance from expert coaches in the field, including Sandra M. Oliver-McNeil, DNP, ACNP-BC, FACC; Erica Spatz, MD, FACC; and Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD. Register today for ACC.25, taking place March 29-31 in Chicago, and add the JACC Workshop to your registration. Already registered? Login to your attendee dashboard to add the workshop to your registration.

ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, joined "The Digital Healthcare Experience" podcast for a discussion covering how artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians can partner to enhance decision-making, the role of collaborative intelligence in addressing health care disparities, practical steps to build trust in AI-enabled systems and the future of AI-powered health care. Watch here.

Are you a Fellow of the ACC with a passion for innovation, education and new technologies? The ACC is seeking a new Innovations Editor to advise on the self-assessment products (SAPs) for a two-year term. The Innovations Editor will collaborate with the SAP editor-in-chief, the SAP editorial board and ACC staff to enhance the educational experience and advise on strategy. Applications are due by Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Apply here.

Showcase your cutting-edge simulator in the ACC.25 Cardio Sim Creator Competition and pave the way for advancements in simulation-based education.

Join your colleagues at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL, and get the knowledge you need to transform cardiovascular care for all! You'll have the opportunity to discuss the latest science with top experts, learn how clinical guidelines translate into your daily practice, and build lasting connections with your peers. Register by Nov. 20 to SAVE up to $300 with early bird discounts and get all-inclusive access to ACC.25!

Transform the future of patient care by sharing your late-breaking clinical trial (LBCT) research with the global cardiovascular community at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL.

Are you a Fellow of the ACC with a passion for innovation, education and new technologies? The ACC is seeking a new Innovations Editor to advise on the self-assessment products (SAPs) for a two-year term. The Innovations Editor will collaborate with the SAP editor-in-chief, the SAP editorial board and ACC staff to enhance the educational experience and advise on strategy. Applications are due by Friday, Dec. 6 at noon ET. Apply here.

Generative AI has the potential to make clinical information more accessible, accurate, and actionable, ultimately leading to better health care delivery and patient outcomes. To support ACC member efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technological advances in improving patient care, the ACC is offering an opportunity to evaluate and explore a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform. Applications are due by Friday, Oct. 4. Apply here.

The ACC is currently accepting submissions of abstracts, complex clinical cases and interventional challenging cases to be presented at ACC.25, taking place March 29-31, 2025, in Chicago, IL. Submit your research for a chance to transform the future of cardiovascular care by sharing your research with over 12,000 attendees from more than 130 countries. The deadline for all submissions is 1 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Don't miss your chance to be part of ACC.25 — submit your abstract or case today!

New 2024 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in Cardiology aim to provide clarity around SDOH definitions with the goal of optimizing clinical care and research addressing health disparities.

Protocols, best practices and practical insights to help clinicians successfully navigate remote patient management (RPM) are the focus of a new workbook released by ACC's Innovation Program.

Join the Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Section on June 26 at 5 p.m. ET for a webinar focusing on how to perform artificial intelligence (AI) through a multicenter approach for pediatric cardiology. Learn more.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology advances have emerged as catalysts for changing how we diagnose, treat and manage patients. The ACC recently launched an AI Resource Center, offering clinicians a collection of curated AI resources to help them understand and apply AI in the digital transformation of care delivery. The AI Resource Center includes the fundamentals of AI, webinars, education, and the latest AI regulations and policies. Learn more.

The ACC and Veradigm Inc. have announced a new "TRANSFORM VAX" initiative aimed at improving cardiovascular health through increased influenza vaccination education. Powered by Veradigm de-identified real-world data, TRANSFORM VAX will deliver educational messaging to health care providers whose patient cohorts meet ACC-determined criteria for inclusion. It will then compare results against a control group of physicians not receiving TRANSFORM VAX messaging, enabling the ACC to establish benchmarks from which to measure future quality improvement success. Learn more.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the ACC have released their second industry framework for the use of consumer cardiovascular technology solutions in the screening and diagnosis for cardiovascular conditions: Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Screening and Diagnosis. The framework outlines opportunities for the broader integration of the technology into the workflow for screening and diagnosing cardiovascular disease, using atrial fibrillation and hypertension as examples. Additionally, it provides an evaluation criterion including ease of use, retention, adoption, data privacy/security, and collection of clinically relevant data to help users identify the right tools to be selected. Learn more.

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and the ACC have released their second industry framework for the use of consumer cardiovascular technology solutions in the screening and diagnosis for cardiovascular conditions: Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions: Screening and Diagnosis. The framework outlines opportunities for the broader integration of the technology into the workflow for screening and diagnosing cardiovascular disease, using atrial fibrillation and hypertension as examples. Additionally, it provides an evaluation criterion including ease of use, retention, adoption, data privacy/security, and collection of clinically relevant data to help users identify the right tools to be selected. Learn more.

Join this one-hour webinar on Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. ET to learn about the criteria and process for selecting the appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tool for cardiology practices. Listen to experts discuss screening of candidate AI tools, adoption into clinical workflow, and assessment of their clinical and administrative return-on-investment. Learn more.

Join ACC's Women in Cardiology and Health Care Innovation Sections on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. ET for a webinar that will explore the use of technology in managing cardiovascular disease in women.

Join ACC's Adult and Congenital Pediatric Cardiology Section on Wednesday, Jan 17, 2024, at 5 p.m. ET for a discussion on how to get started using artificial intelligence (AI) in pediatric cardiology...

Do you have a start-up in the cardiovascular space? Pitch your company to potential investors, experts in the field and fellow clinicians during the Innovation Pitch Challenge at ACC.24, taking place April 6-8, 2024, in Atlanta, GA. Apply for a spot for a chance to win free travel to ACC.24 and exposure for your business. Applications are due Sunday, Dec. 31. Learn more and apply here.

JACC: Advances is calling for papers on the topic of "AI in Cardiology: Improving Outcomes for All."

Do you have an early-stage startup company in the cardiovascular space? Apply to participate in the 2024 ACC Innovation Pitch Challenge during ACC.24.

The ACC has created a Home-Based Care Workbook offering cardiovascular care team members tools and resources on how to incorporate high-quality, patient-centered care in the home setting.

"The goals of health care transformation are readily achievable through innovation," according to ACC Immediate Past President Edward T.A. Fry, MD, MACC, ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, and Trustee Thomas M. Maddox, MD, FACC, in a recent JACC Leadership Page.

The College recently released a new point of care ultrasound (POCUS) workbook to provide pragmatic guidance and best practices for using POCUS in cardiovascular clinical practice.

The latest issue of JACC: Basic to Translational Science includes presentations from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) 2023 Shark Tank Innovation Competition.

Heading to ACC.23/WCC in New Orleans? Be sure to stop by the Future Hub and learn how technology can be used to improve health outcomes and care!

Join ACC’s Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC; Regina Druz, MD, FACC, ChenMed’s national director of cardiology; and Maulik Majmudar, MD, chief medical officer and co-founder at Biofourmis, for a webinar on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. ET to learn about leveraging innovation to promote value-based care, with a special focus on heart failure.

Save the date to shape the future of cardiology with a donation to the ACCF Annual Fund on Giving Tuesday, Nov 29.

The ACC and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will be partnering to host another Innovation Pitch Challenge March 4-5, 2023, at ACC.23/WCC in New Orleans.

How are leading health technology organizations addressing health equity and patient outcomes in the remote patient monitoring space? Register today for the Sept. 21 webinar hosted by the ACC Applied Health Innovation Consortium to learn more!

More than 20 industry partners too part in ACC's most recent Industry Advisory Forum this summer – coming together to focus on opportunities to collaborate and harness innovation to optimize care and outcomes for all patients.

Medical device technologies play a crucial role in the diagnosis, treatment and follow up of patients with arrhythmias. In line with the Journal’s commitment to advancing scientific understanding and patient care, JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology will publish a special focus issue highlighting research on this topic.

Lipoprotein(a) and its role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is stepping into the spotlight and this month’s cover story looks at the emerging understanding and potential new therapies.

Don’t miss our next virtual roundtable on June 1 at 6 p.m. ET, where we will discuss the unique challenges, opportunities, and next steps for implementing AI in pediatric and adult congenital cardiology.

The ACC and BioIntelliSense have formed a strategic collaboration to combine ACC's clinical expertise with BioIntelliSense's multi-parameter monitoring to make remote cardiac care scalable, reliable, and cost effective.

The new issue of JACC: Basic to Translational Science includes a focus issue highlighting innovative presentations given as part of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s inaugural 2022 Technology for Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) Shark Tank innovation competition.

The first issue of JACC: Advances published on April 1. Led by editor-in-chief, Candice Silversides, MD, the online, open-access journal covers the evolving aspects of cardiology, including emerging cardiovascular fields, diagnostics and treatments.

Back by popular demand, the ACC will hold its 2nd Annual Evolving Practice of Cardiovascular Precision Medicine Virtual course on May 13!

"One of the most pressing issues in the conversation regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in health care is how to address bias in designing AI algorithms," write ACC Chief Innovation Officer, Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, and Executive Director of Global Innovation, Jennifer Bae.

The last decade has seen individuals increasingly taking agency over their own health and wellness, while technology is simultaneously spurring forward medical evaluation and treatment.

The ACC Interventional, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Early Career, and Fellows-in-Training Sections have partnered with SCAI to host a monthly Cath Discussion focusing on hot topics.

The Healthcare Innovation and Adult Congenital Pediatric Cardiology Sections are co-hosting a webinar on real-world implementation of artificial intelligence.

The Health Care Innovation Section is excited to announce the ACC.22 Future Hub Innovation Pitch Challenge, taking place Apr. 2-3!

In a recent article published in Cardiology magazine, Kartik Agusala, MD, FACC, calls on academic medical centers to further invest in clinical innovation and take a leading role in the ongoing digital health transformation, which will better patients, health care providers and society at large.

Register today for the Cardiovascular Summit, taking place Feb. 17-19, 2022, in Washington, DC, and discover how to align strong leadership with effective business strategies to improve cardiovascular care and patient outcomes.

The newest JACC Journal, JACC: Advances, is now accepting submissions.

The ACC has named Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, as its new chief innovation officer (CIO), beginning January 2022.

After catching the innovation and serial entrepreneurship bug, John Catanzaro, MD, MBA, FACC, associate medical director and program director of University of Florida (UF) Health's Clinical Cardiology Electrophysiology Section, is ramping up work on two innovative projects with the help of the educational hospital.

What role does artificial intelligence (AI) have to play in pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease? ACC's Health Care Innovation and Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Member Sections are partnering on a webinar that examines this question.

In my role with the Office for Technology Development at UT Southwestern Medical Center, I am fortunate to witness the innovative potential of clinical faculty.

Kartik Agusala, MD, FACC, started his professional life as an investment banker on Wall Street before changing his path to medicine, genuinely motivated by a calling to use science for the betterment of others.

Limited spots are still available for the AIMed virtual Clinician Series on Imaging taking place this week (June 29 – 30).

Join the Health Care Innovation Section and Women in Cardiology Section for a webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 4 p.m. ET.

The ACC Health Care Innovation section successfully conducted a live course titled, "The Evolving Practice of Cardiovascular Precision Medicine Virtual," on April 16. I was fortunate to gain complimentary access through a Twitter campaign sponsored by the Health Care Innovation Section's Precision Health Work Group.

The ACC and cliexa, a Denver-based startup focused on remote patient monitoring, have collaborated through the ACC Innovation Program to launch a home health monitoring platform called cliexa-Pulse.

The ACC and GE Healthcare are collaborating through support of and participation in ACC's Applied Health Innovation Consortium for the purpose of building a roadmap for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technology in cardiology and developing new strategies for improved health outcomes.

The ACC and the Consumer Technology Association are collaborating on best practices for device and app makers to provide deeper understanding of products that manage cardiovascular health.

The Advanced Health Care and Analytics Work Group of ACC’s Health Care Innovation Section invites you to an inaugural “AI Grand Rounds in Cardiology” event on Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m. ET.

For more than two decades, the cardiac catheterization laboratory at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York has been pursuing and developing the latest technical and technological advances in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and structural heart disease treatment. In addition to the relentless drive for procedural excellence, the cath lab is dedicated to teaching and continuous education of fellows in training (FIT) and practicing interventional cardiologists.

The era of precision medicine in cardiovascular disease is here. With the advent of high throughput technologies, big data analytics and the expansion of digital health tools, the concept of personalizing therapies to maximize benefits and minimize risk for patients is within reach. However, most health care providers have had little to no exposure to the data, platforms, methods and clinical applications that form the foundation of precision medicine.

When it comes to managing and treating myocardial infarction (MI), the lack of a true picture of a patient's risk often means patients aren't getting the most appropriate care at the right time, whether it's prescribing the correct statin dose or not adding other drugs known to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

In a recent Editor’s Page in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, reflects on the reliance of technology for personal and professional communication and medical communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Innovation Forum, presented by the ACC Health Care Innovation Section, is a quarterly virtual event hosted by Regina Druz, MD, FACC, and David Cho, MD, MBA.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the challenges facing cardiovascular patients seeking to navigate the complex health care landscape. How can we change this trajectory and make patients the architect of their own health care journey?

Join the ACC Innovation Section for a forum on Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. ET, showcasing their inaugural Artificial Intelligence Journal Club.

The ACC is joining forces with Evidation Health to co-develop and launch Achievement for Heart Health – a health engagement experience built on Evidation's Achievement platform – that will make it easier than ever before for individuals to better understand and engage with their cardiovascular health outside clinic-based settings.

A systematic approach may be needed to study and implement digital health strategies in older adults, according to a state-of-the-art review from ACC’s Health Care Innovation, Cardiovascular Team and Geriatric Cardiology Councils published Nov. 23 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Join the ACC for a live webinar on Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. ET about what it takes to set up an innovation center of your own.

Join ACC's Chief Innovation Officer John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, for the AIMed Cardiology virtual conference on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET.

Like all therapies, the wearable cardioverter defibrillator is most effective when used as prescribed, but this requires continuous adherence for up to 90 days and constant attention towards the various device alarms that may become activated at any given moment.

Join the ACC Innovation Section for a forum on Nov. 16, from 8 – 9 p.m. ET, covering the topic of innovation centers.

Contemporary tools such as natural language processing and artificial intelligence (AI) can improve data abstraction's efficiency and effectiveness across registries through automation.

ACC Chief Innovation Officer John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, will hold a live interview with the AIMed founder, Anthony Chang, MD, to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in cardiology and how we can bridge the gap from hype to reality.

Two of ACC's collaborators – Cliexa and HeartHero – were recently presented with the Colorado Companies to Watch 2020 award.

Chief Science and Quality Officer and Chief Innovation Officer John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC, and ACC Board of Trustees Member James L. Januzzi, Jr., MD, FACC, will participate in a landmark virtual event hosted by Butterfly on Oct. 6 at 5 p.m. ET.

Digital cardiology was in its infancy in 2017 when Heartbeat Health was founded. Jeffrey D. Wessler, MD, MPhil, FACC, a cardiologist and founder and CEO of Heartbeat Health, writes that they landed on "tech-enabled cardiology" to describe their vision for augmenting the practice of cardiology with tech-forward integrations.

The pitches were virtual for ACC's Third Annual Innovation Challenge, fitting for devices poised to advance solutions in cardiovascular care through digital means. But they were no less competitive and energetic than past challenges held in ACC's Future Hub during the Annual Scientific Meeting.

The ACC is bringing together clinicians, innovation experts and thought leaders in a brand-new Innovation Forum Series.

Cardiology has become increasingly interventional as many new capabilities have diffused from tertiary medical centers to the community.

A home health monitoring platform called cliexa-Pulse is the latest development through the ACC Innovation Program and brings a new solution designed to meet the needs of cardiovascular conditions and physicians.

"Telehealth has the potential to make health care more personalized, efficient and coordinated; it has the potential to improve efficiency, patient and clinician satisfaction, and health outcomes."

HeartHero claimed victory on the Future Hub stage at ACC.19 in New Orleans for the most innovative medical device. Now, they are working to bring Elliot – a "smart" automated external defibrillator (AED) to market.

Technology provides an excellent opportunity to diagnose the vague cardiovascular disease. Especially in recent years, several technological advances in diagnosis and therapy have significantly changed clinical practice.

Now available on-demand, an ACC webinar held March 24 demonstrated the current and potential use of various applications of telehealth in cardiovascular health with a focus on telemetry heart failure and rhythm disturbances.

Self-driving cars were "popping wheelies" on the Las Vegas strip and low-flying drones were overhead. But the real buzz of the massive 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last month was inside – where the focus was advances in the digital health space.

Despite all the hype (and fear) that AI could replace clinicians, we are far from this scenario. Much of the technology exists to execute pieces of such a clinic visit, but that is a long way from implementation of safe, effective and efficient "AI for health care" solutions.

Explore the role of innovation in cardiology and expand your professional network at the Innovation Knowledge and Networking event, taking place March 30 at 9:45 a.m. CT at ACC.20/Together With World Congress of Cardiology.

The ACC and HeartHero have formed an alliance around HeartHero's innovative portable automated external defibrillator (AED) technology, which has the potential to make a significant impact on survival rates after sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

Wearable technology can help patients engage in their health management and track certain health habits, but it does not replace their health care team. With the rise of digital devices, patients need more information to understand which wearables work for their condition and how to use them.

In a recent Cardiology article, Naomi F. Botkin, MD, FACC, shares her story about how a wearable device may have saved her life when she was experiencing moderate-intensity chest discomfort at work. After turning to her Apple watch for an ECG, she noticed an ST elevation on the single lead tracing, and was later diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction secondary to spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Everyone, including physicians and other health care professionals, has implicit (also called unconscious) biases that affect how they view the world and interact with others. A recent Cardiology magazine article deep dives into the several definitions of implicit bias that all come down to the same thing: attitudes or decisions that lead to unintended disparities and inequalities and reinforce cultural biases, resulting in "unintended consequences."

"Doctor, it's in your hands." These were a father's words to me as he awaited the fate of his 11-year-old daughter, Akua. Earlier, they had been waiting patiently amongst many, as I and the rest of our medical mission team in Ghana carefully screened young patients for potential surgical repair of their congenital heart disease (CHD).

I have come to value innovation most in situations when we repurpose data that have already been collected, reshape technologies that already exist, or even when we reinvent ourselves in pursuit of new challenges.

Working as a bedside nurse and transitioning to become one of the managers of a cardiology unit in an Academic Children's Hospital, I witnessed many changes over the course of my career. One situation that stands out in my memory was when we were preparing to take our first patient on a ventricular assist device (VAD). The patient, a 4-year-old boy, was transitioning from the cardiothoracic intensive care unit to the cardiology unit. It was the first time a pediatric patient on this particular VAD would be cared for outside of an intensive care unit at any hospital in the country.

Addressing health care inequities between the developed and developing world has always been the primary motivation for my pursuit of a life in medicine. My most impressionable years growing up in India were spent discussing the why's and why not's of medicine with my father – an academic nephrologist and my first mentor.

ACC's first Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) Symposium, held Dec. 4 at Heart House in Washington, DC, brought together ACC members, along with industry and tech stakeholders to discuss the potential for AI in transforming health care delivery.

The ACC California Chapter, in partnership with the ACC Health Care Innovation Section, recently hosted its fourth annual Tech Symposium. Held at the University of California San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, this event brought together academic and industry health care experts to discuss artificial intelligence and innovation.

Newton's third law – for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction – weighs heavily on me during each patient interaction. How are we still in an age of practicing medicine in a constant state of reaction? Is there no better way than to wish we had met a patient sooner, started a treatment faster or diagnosed a condition more efficiently? These questions, along with questions from my patients and their families, drive me to seek an answer that will place the clinician on the proactive side of this equation. Society constantly reminds of evolving technologies and their utility in our daily lives.

ACC's Vision is a world where innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes. But how do you practically go about pursuing innovation? Register for ACC's Regional Innovation Hub webinar, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. ET, and learn how to create a hub through your institution, or in collaboration with your ACC state or regional chapter.

Many of us can remember that patient with heart failure – that woman with cardiomyopathy we discovered was due to anthracycline chemotherapy years earlier, around two decades ago. How can something meant to cure and help her end up hurting her? That is the predicament in which we find ourselves in cardio-oncology. We choose this field to be among those who bring hope, health and healing to many individuals who have ever been diagnosed with cancer.

The time is ripe for the digital transformation of health care delivery. So, how do we "get there" with digital transformation for cardiovascular care? In 2017, the ACC published a "roadmap" in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology – a health policy statement on innovation in the era of digital health, along with an editorial outlining the ACC's new, ambitious innovation strategy. The core of this strategy centered on three pillars: lead, facilitate and partner.

Military physicians and the Veterans Affairs (VA) play an important role in cardiovascular care and research. The ACC has long recognized this importance and in recent years has moved to further strengthen the role of its VA, military and public health sector members in college-wide activities.

Cardiovascular medicine is a team sport. The more that a cardiologist seeks input from others, the better he or she performs as a cardiologist. When faced with challenge, perhaps someone else has a creative, outside-the-box solution. On a daily basis, cooperative clinical innovation leads to better patient care.

Substantial implementation of telehealth will likely transform the practice of medicine and may increase pressure on solo practices or small groups to adopt new technology and methods of practice.

During my early years as a new attending, I got involved in care of an infant delivered at a local community hospital. The infant was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot. This diagnosis was made possible by the telemedicine echocardiogram program offered by our Heart Institute, which provides subspecialty outreach services to the remote hospitals.

Learn more about how ACC Innovation Hubs prioritize education, member engagement, scalability, networking and career development. January 30, 2020 from 7-8pm ET.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has introduced many important technologies that are becoming integral parts of our daily lives, including voice-powered technologies, such as Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri and Cortana. In a recent Cardiology article, Jai Nahar, MD, MBA, describes conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability of machines like computers and voice-enabled devices to interact intelligently with the user through voice-and-voice user interface.

There are a lot of big ways to get involved with the College – being on a Section Leadership Council, participating on a taskforce or committee, or serving as faculty for a live course, to name a few. However, we know that not everyone has the time for some of these larger-scale commitments. That's why the ACC is excited to announce the launch of our Microvolunteering Platform.

Applications are now being accepted for the ACC Leadership Academy Cohort IV, which will launch at ACC.20/World Congress of Cardiology in Chicago, IL.

While on a trip to London a few months ago, I noticed multiple abandoned red telephone booths. As I stood there for a few minutes, it occurred to me that these iconic booths – once synonymous with London and a central figure in movie plots such as Harry Potter – are now no more than relics from the past.

Join world-renowned cardiologist and course director Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC, at ACC's New York Cardiovascular Symposium, taking place Dec. 6 – 8.

On Aug. 2, the ACC New York Chapter (NYACC) hosted its first-ever NYACC Shark Tank Challenge innovation competition. This event was supported in part from a Chapter Innovation Award granted to the ACC New York and California Chapters, in partnership with the ACC Health Care Innovation Section. The event welcomed approximately 80 attendees as they watched seven individuals from across the state pitch their innovation ideas and prototypes to a panel of three "shark" judges, comprised of ACC Health Care Innovation Section Chair Regina Druz, MD, FACC; a venture capitalist and health care start-up CEO; and a venture capital engineer/patent attorney.

The ACC Health Care Innovation Section is partnering with the ACC California Chapter for the Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Innovation and the Future of Cardiology. The symposium takes place on Saturday, Oct. 26 at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA, and will include engaging discussions on the future of digital medicine.

The ACC (@ACCinTouch) and the Heart Rhythm Society (@HRSonline) are partnering to mark AFib Awareness Month with a Twitter chat on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. ET. Use the hashtags #AFibAwareness and #LifestyleAndAFib to ask questions, share knowledge and have your say!

As of 2018, 34 percent of health care payments were tied to a value-based payment program and the rate is expected to rise based on payers' commitments to move to alternative payment models (APMs).

In case you missed it, the ACC Health Care Innovation Section held a webinar to provide an in-depth update on advocacy.

Cardiology is the ACC's flagship member magazine — your member magazine — providing cardiovascular professionals with a comprehensive source for clinical and professional news. Find links to all of the July issue's articles and share on social media!

Join the ACC Health Care Innovation Section for a webinar, Aug. 1 at 2 p.m. ET, for an in-depth update on advocacy.

I did not get around to running much these days, but my dad – an avid runner – was in town. When I saw him lacing up his shoes for his daily jog, I decided last minute to join him. A mile into our run, after some small talk about the good Bay Area weather, my dad tells me that he has not been feeling himself. He gets dizzy and nauseous at the beginning of his runs. I listen and nod, and occasionally look at him; he only looks straight ahead, focused on his pace.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has introduced many important technologies that are becoming integral parts of our daily lives, including voice-powered technologies such as Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri and Cortana.

The ACC has made a select number of travel awards available to cover expenses for members to travel to ACC's 2019 Legislative Conference, Nov. 3 – 5, in Washington, DC.

During my first year as a cardiology attending, a young woman was referred to me for persistent palpitations despite repeated reassurances by another cardiologist that her symptoms were from anxiety, without doing an ECG or cardiac evaluation.

Future Hub – the destination at Annual Scientific Session for everyone interested in emerging technology – was a bustling, active locus that engaged a broad audience at ACC.19.

At the age of 21, fresh out of college with a degree in biomedical engineering, I found myself working in the health care industry as a representative of the largest medical device company in the world.

The Future Hub returned for its second year at ACC.19 in New Orleans, LA. Designed to inform, educate and inspire ACC.19 attendees, the Future Hub showcased the latest advances in digital health, medical devices, artificial intelligence and big data. Situated in the Expo Hall, this interactive venue encouraged collaboration and networking amongst clinicians, entrepreneurs and industry partners to complement the traditional scientific sessions.

Don't miss out on an interactive ACC.19 session, Evaluating Disruptive Technology in a Value-Based World, taking place Saturday, March 16 at 12:15 p.m. CT, room 352.

ACC.19 is more than a meeting, it's an experience you won't want to miss! Immediately following the highly-anticipated Apple Heart Study, the first Late-Breaking Clinical Trial, don't miss an all new session – Digital Disruption at our Doorstep – Implications for Clinicians and Patients – focused on disruptive innovation in health care, its intersection with daily practice, and implications for patients.

Eight finalists have been selected to participate in the ACC.19 Innovation Challenge – hosted by the ACC and AngelMD – as it returns for its second year at the Future Hub.

Join us at the ACC.19 All-Section Reception, March 17, from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Grand Ballroom A.

ACC.19 will feature five Late-Breaking Clinical Trial (LBCT) Sessions and three Featured Clinical Research Sessions where practice-changing cardiovascular research will be released.

Connect with your community at ACC.19 and join us for the Innovation Section Meeting, taking place Saturday, March 16, from 6 – 7 p.m. CT.

Take advantage of free, online certified educational activities to fulfill your 2018 CME requirements and earn MOC credit at the same time!

Myia Labs Inc., recently announced it has secured seed funding to accelerate development of its intelligent health monitoring platform. The ACC is collaborating on the platform as part of its Innovation efforts.

Returning for its second year at the Future Hub – taking place during ACC.19, March 16-18, 2019 in New Orleans, LA – the ACC will partner with AngelMD to host the ACC.19 Innovation Challenge.

With artificial intelligence (AI) gaining visibility as a means of potentially revolutionizing clinical diagnosis and treatment, medical research and health care delivery, the "right tasks" for AI in the health care space were discussed in a viewpoint published Dec. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In the latest issues of Cardiology, deep-dive into the emerging risk factors of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.

In this deep-dive video discussion, Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, MACC; Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC; Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC; Peter Libby, MD, FACC; and Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, share their perspectives on the most significant science released during AHA.18.

The September 2018 issue of Cardiology, YOUR member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!

ACC.19 registration is NOW OPEN exclusively for ACC members. Nonmember registration will open Wednesday, Sept. 26. Register early for the lowest rates and best selection of hotel rooms!

The August 2018 issue of Cardiology, YOUR member magazine, is now live! Cardiology provides cardiovascular professionals with comprehensive clinical, professional and health policy news; feature-length articles on the top trends and innovations in cardiovascular medicine; expert commentary from leaders in the cardiovascular field; quick-read summaries of the latest research from the JACC Journals and other major cardiovascular journals; profiles of ACC members, like you; and so much more!