Volume 18 - Issue 12 - December 2018

Featured Article

Cover Story

Disaster Preparedness in Medicine: Tips for Hospitals

12/02/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this interview, we speak with Mary Massey, Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) Coordinator at the California Hospital Association, about the importance of disaster preparedness and response for hospitals.

In this interview, we speak with...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Cover Story

The Journey to Achieve Zero

12/02/2018

Tricia Coons, RN III, BSN, RCES, Electrophysiology Nurse III

Atrium Health

Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

Charlotte, North Carolina

Tricia Coons, RN III, BSN, RCES, Elec...

According to the CDC, 1.7 million Americans will acquire a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) each year; of those, 99,000 patients will die from a HAI, resulting in approximately $20 billion in annual healthcare costs.1 The long-term...

According to the CDC, 1.7...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Insights

Interview

Medical Mission to the Dominican Republic: Interview with Dr. Reza Karimianpour

12/03/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this interview, we learn more about Dr. Ahmadreza (Reza) Karimianpour’s ongoing commitment to humanitarian work outside the United States. Tell us about your medical background in cardiology. I am currently a cardiovascular diseases...

In this interview, we learn more...

12/03/2018

EP Lab Digest

Interview

Cardiac Screenings in a Faith-Based Setting: Interview with Nishaki Mehta, MD

12/02/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this interview, we learn more about Faith-Based Initiatives for Health (FBI4health), which conducts cardiac screenings for patients in a church setting.

In this interview, we learn more...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Save the Date: About the Interpro AFib Forum

12/03/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Andrea M. Russo, MD, FHRS, Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) President-Elect and Chair of the Interpro AFib Forum, and Anne Marie Smith, MBA, PMP, Vice President of Quality Improvement Education...

In this feature interview, EP...

12/03/2018

EP Lab Digest

Feature

Review

Cardio-Oncology: From an Electrophysiology Perspective

12/02/2018

Greg Cascino, MD and Nausheen Akhter, MD,

Northwestern Medicine,

Chicago, Illinois

Greg Cascino, MD and Nausheen Akhter,...

Cardio-oncology is a rapidly growing field that focuses on the surveillance, prevention, early diagnosis, and management of the cardiotoxicities associated with anti-cancer therapies.

Cardio-oncology is a rapidly...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Column

Letter from the Editor

Hospitals Could Learn From a Few Enlightened Traffic Control Aides

12/02/2018

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Editor-in-Chief

Bradley P. Knight, MD, FACC, FHRS, Ed...

This is the mindset of most hospital employees and administrators. They view their role as enforcers of compliance with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. They take pride in 100% compliance with badge-displaying policies and other...

This is the mindset of most...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Women in Electrophysiology

Keys to a Successful Career in EP

12/02/2018

Aparna Jaswal, MBBS, MD, DNB, FHRS, CCDS, FACC, FESC

Fortis Escorts Heart Institute

Joint Secretary, Indian Heart Rhythm Society; Board of Directors, IBHRE

New Delhi, India

Aparna Jaswal, MBBS, MD, DNB, FHRS, C...

To be a practicing electrophysiologist at one of the pioneer cardiac institutes in a country of 1.3 billion people takes courage — even more so when you are a woman. The journey through medical school to becoming a clinical...

To be a practicing...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Feature Interview

Utilizing a Fluoroless Approach: Interview with Dr. Mansour Razminia

12/02/2018

Interview by Jodie Elrod

In this feature interview, EP Lab Digest speaks with Dr. Razminia about his experience utilizing the Advisor™ HD Grid and EnSite Precision™ (Abbott) at Presence Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Illinois.

In this feature interview, EP...

12/02/2018

EP Lab Digest

Spotlight Interview

Spotlight Interview: Columbia University Medical Center

12/02/2018

Elaine Y. Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS

Esther Aboodi Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology

Columbia University, New York

Elaine Y. Wan, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS ...

More recently at Columbia, under the leadership of Dr. Hasan Garan, we have incorporated modern technology of 3D electroanatomical mapping, contact force sensing, high-density mapping, and ultrasound imaging, to further understand and ablate...

More recently at Columbia, under...

12/02/2018

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Volume 18 - Issue 12 - December 2018