Tag: cardiology

3 Ways Telemedicine is Transforming the Chronic Disease Management Landscape

Photo by Mockup Graphics on Unsplash Today, chronic disease management continues to be one of the biggest challenges for both healthcare providers and their patients across the country.  One recent study shows that nearly half of all adults in the US have a chronic disease and, almost 33% of the…

Reducing Hospital Readmissions for Heart Failure – Edward Kersh, MD, FACC (UCSF)

Dr. Edward Kersh is the former Chief of Cardiology at St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco, and is a Clinical Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. In 1980, he joined the staff of California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC),…