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Clinical Editor's Corner

Ten Tips for a Crisis: Lessons From a Soldier for the Cath Lab

05/10/2020

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA

Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Associate Chief Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California

Morton J. Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA...

Drawing from his experience, General Hertling highlighted 10 important tips for military leaders during a time of crisis, such as a war. As we in medicine are now at war with COVID, these tips would be well received and certainly strengthen...

Drawing from his experience,...

05/10/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Simulation Training

Simulation Is Important for Interventional Training: It Needs Our Attention and Funding

12/03/2019

Cath Lab Digest talks with Kwan S. Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Cath Lab Digest talks with Kwan S. Le...

Simulation is something the whole cardiovascular community needs to invest in and refine, so that it can be the foundational basis for how we train people.

Simulation is something the...

12/03/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

Focus on Results: A Culture of High-Performance Ownership

12/03/2019

Doug Langager, RCIS

Employees don’t need to be micromanaged when accountability permeates an organization at every level.

Employees don’t need to be...

12/03/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Brevity, Clarity and Wit: 10 Commandments for a 10-Minute Talk

12/03/2019

Morton J. Kern, MD, and Jeannie Yu, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, and Director, Cardiac Imaging, VA Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Morton J. Kern, MD, and Jeannie Yu, M...

Being concise (i.e. brevity) is not as easy as it sounds. Mark Twain said, “I did not have time to write a short letter so I wrote a long one instead,” and it really applies to giving a very good 10-minute talk.

Being concise (i.e. brevity) is...

12/03/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

Taking the Team Business Seriously

11/05/2019

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, Supervisor Invasive Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Heart & Vascular Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina

Ruben N. Filimonczuk, RCES, AS-PMD, S...

No matter how skilled someone is, the wrong character and the wrong fit will eventually lead to issues.

No matter how skilled someone...

11/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Congratulations!

09/03/2019

Email CLD with your notice: Rebecca Kapur at rkapur@hmpglobal.com

Email CLD with your notice:...

09/03/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

The Use and Abuse of Social Media in the Cath Lab

07/09/2019

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine
Long Beach VA Medical Center
Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology,
University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com
On Twitter: @drmortkern

Morton Kern, MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA Cl...

Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms have changed the way we see our world. Social media will be the way we communicate, educate, notify, and share our views across wide groups of users, particularly in the cardiovascular...

Twitter, Facebook, and other...

07/09/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Diagnose Your Dialogue

06/07/2019

Jeffrey Richards, MBA, RCIS, Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Jeffrey Richards, MBA, RCIS, Massachu...

Remember, there’s a patient in the room.

Remember, there’s a patient in...

06/07/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Interim Professionals: A Value Proposition With Results

06/07/2019

Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc.

Gina Donnelly, Director, Corazon, Inc...

Turnover in a hospital or physician practice setting is inevitable, but within the healthcare industry, continuity and consistency are the hallmarks of an efficient, effective service line — the foundation of all successful specialty...

Turnover in a hospital or...

06/07/2019

Cath Lab Digest