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.

FDA clears Google smartwatch tech that calls 911 when a user’s heart stops
Google worked with AI specialists, cardiologists and even stunt performers to develop its new smartwatch feature.
Wearable heart device company to go public, raise up to $155M
Kestra Medical Technologies, known for its wearable heart monitors and defibrillators, intends to sell 10 million common shares priced somewhere between $14 and $16 per share.
FDA announces Class I recall of Boston Scientific pacemakers—replacement may be necessary
These safety issues have been linked to more than 800 injuries and two deaths. It is possible, the FDA warned, that some patients may require a device to be removed and replaced.
Post-stroke follow-up care considerably worse for women than men
Female stroke survivors are less likely to receive a cardiology referral or undergo cardiac monitoring than their male counterparts.
FDA warns of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in patient monitors
The agency said Contec and Epsimed monitors connected via WiFi are particularly susceptible to cyberattack and could be used to gain access to hospital systems.

Engineers have developed and tested a new wearable device capable of monitoring a person’s blood sugar, alcohol and lactate levels all at the same time, detailing their work in Nature Biomedical Engineering

Small wearable device monitors blood sugar, alcohol and lactate levels at the same time

Engineers detailed their prototype, which is roughly the size of a small stack of quarters, in Nature Biomedical Engineering.

Veteran cardiologist Morton M. Mower, co-inventor of the automatic ICD, dies at 89

“I think he was the most brilliant person I’ve ever met," one long-time colleague said.

Same-day discharge for AFib ablation a success thanks to telehealth

The new analysis, presented during Heart Rhythm 2022, focused on patients treated at a high-volume facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fitbit’s latest AFib algorithm receives FDA clearance, will be available ‘soon’

The new algorithm was designed to evaluate a user's heart rhythm while they are still or even sleeping.

Smartwatch app accurately detects atrial fibrillation in large Chinese study

A Chinese study of 2.8 million participants found that 94% of users flagged for AFib indeed have the heart rhythm disorder.

VIDEO: 4 predictions on key cardiac technologies for the coming years

Mass General cardiologist and Harvard professor Ami Bhatt, MD, predicts upcoming paradigm shifts in cardiology over the next decade.

Ami Bhatt, MD, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Chief Innovation Officer, and an Adult Congenital Heart Disease cardiologist at Mass General Hospital (MGH). She is viewed one of the national experts on telecardiology, having been the former director of telecardiology at Mass General during 2020-2021.

VIDEO: American College of Cardiology working to propel cardiovascular innovation

Ami Bhatt, MD, explained how the ACC is working to advance new technologies that can improve patient care.

CRT-D associated with major improvements among older HFrEF patients

The study's authors said CRT use among older patients represents a "major gap in knowledge."

Remote Monitoring

FDA clears Google smartwatch tech that calls 911 when a user’s heart stops

Wearable heart device company to go public, raise up to $155M

FDA announces Class I recall of Boston Scientific pacemakers—replacement may be necessary

Post-stroke follow-up care considerably worse for women than men

FDA warns of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in patient monitors