Best Practices for Diagnosing Arrhythmia
Experts discuss how arrhythmia evaluation is tailored based on symptom frequency, severity, and patient risk, using a stepwise approach from short-term to extended monitoring to guide timely and effective diagnosis and management.
Optimizing the Management of Atrial Fibrillation Through Team-Based Care
Experts discuss how rising arrhythmia burdens and workforce challenges are driving a shift toward team-based care, smarter diagnostics, and artificial intelligence–driven risk stratification to improve outcomes and efficiency.
Unmet Needs in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
Experts discuss the persistent clinical and systemic challenges in diagnosing and treating atrial fibrillation, emphasizing the need for earlier identification—especially in high-risk, comorbid populations—while highlighting the limitations of current risk models, the complexity of managing atrial fibrillation burden, and the importance of integrating wearable data into precision-based care without overburdening clinicians or compromising clinical relevance.
Common Comorbidities and Underdiagnosis Associated With Atrial Fibrillation
Experts discuss the multifaceted management of atrial fibrillation, stressing the importance of addressing comorbid conditions alongside the arrhythmia itself, while highlighting the challenges of underdiagnosis, the rise of subclinical cases detected through wearable technology, and the need to align emerging diagnostic tools with evidence-based care to avoid unnecessary interventions and optimize outcomes.
Long-Term Consequences of Arrhythmias
Experts discuss the complex clinical and economic challenges of atrial fibrillation, emphasizing the need for personalized care that balances symptom management, stroke prevention, and risk factor control—while recent evidence on subclinical atrial fibrillation highlights the limitations of widespread anticoagulation, reinforcing the importance of targeted, value-based strategies for optimal outcomes.
Clinical Presentation of Arrhythmias
Experts discuss the growing role of early detection and predictive strategies in managing arrhythmias—particularly atrial fibrillation—highlighting the impact of wearable technology, challenges in diagnosis due to intermittent symptoms, and the shift toward more personalized, value-based care driven by timely evaluation and evidence-based interventions.
Moving Evidence From Research to Practice: Q&A With Ken Cohen, MD
In 2025, each issue of Population Health, Equity & Outcomes will feature a profile of a health system leader transforming care in their area of expertise. This issue spotlights a conversation with Ken Cohen, MD, executive director of translational research at Optum Health.
Health Outcomes Under Full-Risk Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare
Physician groups under 2-sided risk–based Medicare Advantage provide care associated with higher quality and efficiency compared with care by these same groups under fee-for-service Medicare.
Potential Spillover Effects on Traditional Medicare When Physicians Bear Medicare Advantage Risk
Medicare beneficiaries treated by physicians with high levels of Medicare Advantage risk exposure had higher care quality and efficiency outcomes compared with those treated by other physicians.
Use of Evidence and Technology to Improve Quality and Eliminate Low-Value Care
One-third of health care in the United States is wasted. Despite this recognition, solutions are sparse. The Optimal Care model combines evidence-based medicine, patient-centered technology, and outcomes reporting to transform health care.