This Week In Cardiology

Nudges, statins, AI, less-is-more in the ICU, myocarditis, exercise as medicine, and December in the hospital are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast. This podcast is intended for healthcare professionals only. To read a partial transcript or to comment, visit: https://www.medscape.com/twic I. Nudges and Statin Prescribing EHR Alerts to Both Doc and Patient May Boost Statin Prescribing https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/984944 Effect of Nudges to Clinicians, Patients, or Both to Increase Statin Prescribing https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/article-abstract/2798971 Association of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program With Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized for Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2719307 Lack of Efficacy of a Salience Nudge for Substituting Selection of Lower-Calorie for Higher-Calorie Milk in the Work Place https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4488787/