The cover story in a recent issue of Cardiology magazine provides an in-depth look at big data and its implications on the future of medicine. It also features an article about the CardioEncounters program, a new approach to patient-clinician interactions, and includes an exclusive interview with the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco Robert Califf, MD, MACC. Learn more about ACC's Board of Governor's Chair Robert Shor, MD, FACC; explore the timeline for the 2015 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act; and more. Get the full issue at ACC.org/Cardiology.