Remote Monitoring

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is collaborating with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and several vendors on best practices for device and app and wearable device makers to provide deeper understanding of products that manage cardiovascular health. #wearables

Vendors and ACC Collaborate With Consumer Technology Association to Help Clinicians and Patients Understand Cardiovascular Devices

May 10, 2021 – Today, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced it is collaborating with the American College ...

May 10, 2021

PA pressure-guided heart failure management is fast becoming the standard of care in NYHA Class III patients. The Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor enables clinicians to remotely monitor and proactively adjust therapy and medications remotely without the need for office visits.

News | Heart Failure

100th Patient Implanted With Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor For Proactive, Remote Heart Failure Management

March 24, 2021 — Endotronix Inc., a digital health and medical technology company working on advancements in treating of ...

March 24, 2021

Integrating data from an array of implantable EP devices from different vendors can be difficult or require disconnected silos of data for different vendors. One solution that was recently introduced to integrate data from various vendors is the Optimize EP software, which allows viewing data from all device vendors in one platform to streamline workflows.

Feature | EP Lab | By Maninder Bedi, M.D.

The Future of Remote Monitoring is Streamlining of Cardiac Device Data Management

A few weeks ago, a patient of mine experienced a cardiac event — his heart stopped. Completely. However, his implantable ...

March 17, 2021

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Several wearable, less-obtrusive ECG monitors fhave been cleared by the FDA for longer wear. This example is Cardiac Insight’s Cardea SOLO device.

Blog | ECG

BLOG: Moving Beyond Holter ECG: The Rise in Next Generation Technology

When the patients of Michael Boler, M.D. need cardiac monitoring, the Holter monitor is no longer his first choice. “The ...

August 24, 2022

Two examples of hand-held, point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) being used to get immediate medical imaging information from patients in underserved areas. Left, a Butterfly Network system using an probe and an app turns a smartphone into an ultrasound system to image a patient at a remote African clinic. Right, a GE vScan being used to image patients in a rural community in Indian as part of an American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) outreach program.

Feature | Health Disparities | By Dave Fornell, Editor

5 Technologies to Help Overcome Healthcare Disparities in the Next Decade

There is a lot of talk about health disparities between the insured vs. uninsured, low-income vs. higher-income, rural ...

February 11, 2021

The Optimize EP CaRM software integrates data from several EP devices a patients may use and aggregate it into one location.

News | EP Lab

Patient Data From Several Cardiac Devices Streamlined Into One Platform With New Cloud-based Software

February 2, 2021 – Optimize EP, a digital health company focused on transforming cardiac care by improving the current ...

February 02, 2021

There has been an increasing trend in cardiology to use longer term remote monitoring wearable ECG tracking devices. This is an example of of the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo adhesive patch device.

News | ECG

Cardiac Insight Speaks Out Against Medicare Decision to Slash Reimbursement Rates and Limit Access to New ECG Technologies

February 2, 2021 — Cardiac Insight, Inc. a healthcare company specializing in wearable cardiac sensors and automated ele ...

February 02, 2021

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Patient applying a Cardiac Insight Cardea SOLO monitoring device at home.

Blog | Atrial Fibrillation

BLOG: Increasing Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Through Improved Short-Term Monitoring

Improved short-term monitoring methods for patients with stroke risk can increase early detection of atrial fibrillation ...

August 24, 2022

The most popular DAIC content in December 2020 included the Boston Scientific Lotus TAVR valve being taken off the market, CMS approving expanding coverage of LVADs for more Medicare patients and numerous COVID-19 related cardiology stories and videos.

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January 5, 2021 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

January 05, 2021

With the FDA clearance of the Vital Data Sensor, Biotronik's Biomonitor IIIm features two-in-one detection, providing physicians the ability to monitor for early signs of potential life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and body temperature increases potentially associated with fever.

News | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM)

FDA Clears Fever-Detecting Cardiac Monitor From Biotronik

December 22, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Biotronik's Vital Data Sensor, which identifies ...

December 22, 2020

Videos | EP Device Monitoring Systems

VIDEO: Rising Interest in Remote Monitoring of EP Devices in the COVID-19 Era

Robert Kowal, M.D., chief medical officer of the Medtronic cardiac rhythm and heart failure division, said there has ...

December 22, 2020

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Patient applying a Cardiac Insight Cardea SOLO monitoring device at home. The remote, physician-prescribed and patient self-applied device is worn for a specified period of monitoring time and then returned to the physician office for report creation.

Feature | Atrial Fibrillation

Increasing Early Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Through Improved Short-Term Monitoring

Improved short-term monitoring methods for patients with stroke risk can increase early detection of atrial fibrillation ...

December 07, 2021

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared AliveCor's Kardia AI V2 next generation of interpretive artificial intelligence (AI)-based personal electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithms.

News | Artificial Intelligence

FDA Clears First AI-Powered Algorithm Suite for Personal ECG Monitoring

November 24, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared AliveCor's next generation of interpretive a ...

November 24, 2020

Videos | Atrial Fibrillation

VIDEO: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Using Single Lead ECG in the VITAL-AF Trial

Steven Lubitz, M.D., MPH, cardiac electrophysiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, presented the late-breaking VITAL ...

November 18, 2020

The Medtronic SEEQ mobile cardiac telemetry system, pictured here, and the Icentia CardioSTAT cardiac rhythm monitoring device both found in reased rates of post-operative atrial fibrillation in the SEARCH-AF trial presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting. #AHA #AHA20 #AHA2020

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Patients at Risk of AF May Need Extra Monitoring After Heart Surgery

November 16, 2020 — Atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat that can increase the likelihood of stroke, was ...

November 16, 2020

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Feature | ECG

A Double-Edged Sword: How Over-the-Counter ECG Devices are Impacting Cardiac Care

Apple created a stir when it announced in 2018 that its Apple Watch Series 4 was the first consumer health and fitness ...

March 11, 2020

Cardiac monitoring devices range from (left to right) the 12-lead ECG, Holter monitor, patch with snap fasteners, and patch with integrated electronics.

News | Wearables

Flexible Electronics for Wearable Cardiac Monitoring Technologies

September 30, 2020 — In today’s digital age, focus on digital health and the quantified self have led to the rapid rise ...

September 30, 2020

The VitalPatch RTM biosensor is being used in the TELESTAR-TAVR clinical study (Deployment of Telemedicine for Symptom Tracking And Decrease Readmission Rate in TAVR Patients). It will evaluate patients who undergo a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and monitor them following the procedure utilizing the latest technology from VitalConnect, VistaSolution LIVE.

News | Wearables

VitalConnect Announces Initiation of TELESTAR-TAVR Clinical Study

September 25, 2020 — Remote and in-hospital wearable biosensor technology company VitalConnect Inc. has started the ...

September 25, 2020

Fitbit Sense is the company’s first device compatible with an ECG app that enables users to take a spot check reading of their heart that can be analyzed for the heart rhythm irregularity atrial fibrillation (AFib).

News | Wearables

Fitbit ECG App to Identify Atrial Fibrillation Receives Regulatory Clearance in U.S. and Europe

September 24, 2020 — Fitbit received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as ...

September 24, 2020