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.

Motivation helps heart patients stay active
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, said the late-breaking BE ACTIVE clinical trial presented at ACC.24 offers a blueprint for how to get patients to be more physically active.
New ACC President Cathie Biga wants to improve quality reporting in cardiology
Biga, who originally trained as a nurse, specializes in the business side of cardiology. She also emphasized the increasing importance of AI and other new technologies.
New research underway on credit card-sized heart monitor that synthesizes 12-lead ECGs
The portable device uses HeartBeam's patented 3D vectorelectrocardiography (3D VECG) technology to capture signals from three different projections and deliver a synthetic 12-lead ECG.
FDA clears first over-the-counter wearable device for continuous glucose monitoring
The newly cleared device is worn on the back of the arm and sends data directly to the user's smartphone.
Early feasibility study for implantable heart failure monitor moves forward
Startup vendor FIRE1 completed patient enrollment in its U.S. early feasibility study for a heart failure remote monitoring device that directly measures fluid volume inside the IVC.

Are we there yet?: The reality of remote monitoring

Remote monitoring and high-tech health management solutions have dominated cardiology headlines for the better part of the past year, touted for their accessibility and preventive benefits. But that vision of remote monitoring as the future of CV care might be a skewed representation of our current reality.

November 4, 2019

The Rise of Wearables: What Experts Say About Patients, Platforms & Getting Paid

Cardiologists discuss the questions and concerns swirling around the thriving wearables market as patients strap on a variety of smart devices and expect their physicians to catch up.

July 10, 2019

HF patients avoid hospitalization with remote monitoring of implanted devices

A remote monitoring protocol for heart failure patients with implantable electronic devices helped more of them stay out of the hospital over a one-year period than standard in-person visits, researchers reported at EHRA 2019.

March 19, 2019

Remote Monitoring

Motivation helps heart patients stay active

New ACC President Cathie Biga wants to improve quality reporting in cardiology

New research underway on credit card-sized heart monitor that synthesizes 12-lead ECGs

FDA clears first over-the-counter wearable device for continuous glucose monitoring

Early feasibility study for implantable heart failure monitor moves forward