Remote Monitoring

Remote cardiac monitoring technologies enable patient health to be tracked outside the clinical setting. It can be used for longer term monitoring to help diagnosis arrhythmias or other cardiac conditions. Remote monitoring also can keep tabs on chronic conditions such as heart failure or hypertension and alert clinicians to worsening symptoms to avoid an acute care episode or hospitalization.

Abbott opens CGM sensor manufacturing facility in Ireland as part of $465M investment
Abbott expects the new facility to produce more FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors than anywhere else in the world.
Predicting sudden cardiac death after a heart attack may be impossible—for now
Researchers tried to crack the code, but they fell short time and time again. AI may offer potential as one way to finally find an answer, they added.
Pediatric cardiology device competition introduces world to new technologies
Most cardiac devices do not fit young children, making it especially important for growth in pediatric cardiology to continue. The FDA helped fund a contest aimed at identifying new devices that show a ton of potential.
NIH awards commercialization grant for wrist-worn continuous ICU-grade blood pressure monitor
Dynocardia has now received nearly $5.1 million in funding from the NHLBI to help speed commercializing its wrist-worn monitor to avoid the need for invasive catheter BP monitoring.
Monitoring acute heart patients at home linked to considerable cost savings
The new report could go on to help guide decisions made by CMS and hospital leadership teams for years to come.

GE, Intel to invest $250M in healthcare remote monitoring technologies

GE and Intel have formed an alliance to market and develop home-based health technologies to remotely monitor seniors and patients with chronic conditions, according to an announcement made at a joint press conference in New York City today, hosted by Intel's CEO and President Paul Otellini and GE's CEO and Board Chairman Jeffrey Immelt.

April 2, 2009

Remote Monitoring Saves Dollars, Makes Workflow Sense

As the number of people with implantable cardiac devices increases, wireless telemetry will grow in use. Studies have shown economic and practical value associated with using remote technology.

March 13, 2009

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Remote Monitoring

Abbott opens CGM sensor manufacturing facility in Ireland as part of $465M investment

Predicting sudden cardiac death after a heart attack may be impossible—for now

Pediatric cardiology device competition introduces world to new technologies

NIH awards commercialization grant for wrist-worn continuous ICU-grade blood pressure monitor

Monitoring acute heart patients at home linked to considerable cost savings

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