Automated Alerts for Valvular Heart Disease: Insights From the ALERT Trial | ACC.26 | JACC

At ACC.26, JACC Editor-in-Chief Dr. Harlan Krumholz speaks with Dr. Wayne Batchelor about the ALERT Trial, published in JACC. Their discussion explores how automated EHR-based clinician alerts can help identify patients with significant valvular heart disease who may otherwise be overlooked, improving timely referral, heart team evaluation, and valve intervention. The conversation also covers the trial's rigorous cluster-randomized design, the promise of low-cost digital interventions at scale, and important considerations around workflow integration, equity, and implementation across health systems.