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Frost & Sullivan Analysis Projects Transformative Year for Healthcare in 2017
March 8, 2017 — Despite global political uncertainties and a sluggish economic outlook for 2017, the global healthcare industry is set for an invigorating year, according to a new analysis from Frost...
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Clinical Study Uses Consumer Wearables to Anticipate Illness
Wearable devices used in this study. The colors for different human figures indicate the specific studies in which each person participated. Red figures represent participation in all five studies;...
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Heart Monitoring Technology Reveals Risks for Climbers at High Altitudes
March 14, 2017 — Climbing above 4,000 meters can provoke abnormal heart rhythms in otherwise healthy mountaineers, with the abnormalities increasing with altitude, new research has shown.The study, by...
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Artificial Intelligence Detects AFib Using Apple Watch Heart Rate Sensor
Researchers are using the Apple Watch heart rate monitor app to track patient arrhythmias using an artificial intelligence-based algorithm. May 11, 2017 — A new study shows that the Apple Watch's heart...
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Home Monitoring Reduces All-Cause Mortality in ICD Patients
May 23, 2017 – Results now published in the European Heart Journal show Biotronik Home Monitoring reduces the risk of all-cause mortality in ICD patients after one year by 38 percent. The TRUECOIN...
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Northwell Health Partners With Peerbridge Health on Remote Patient Monitoring
June 1, 2017 — Northwell Health recently announced a new partnership agreement with Peerbridge Health Inc., to explore the future of remote medical monitoring. Peerbridge technology enables remote...
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First Canadian Patient Implanted With CardioMEMS Heart Failure Sensor
June 23, 2017 — In a Canadian first, a medical team has implanted the wireless CardioMEMS HF device inside a heart failure patient. The device permits clinicians to monitor the patient’s cardiovascular...
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Wearable Cardiac Monitors Are Effective for Tracking Atrial Fibrillation...
July 12, 2017 — Cardiac Insight Inc., a U.S. developer of wearable medical devices and diagnostic software, announced its FDA-approved Cardea Solo ECG monitoring system is available for diagnosing...
View ArticleVIDEO: Vest May Help Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions
William Abraham, M.D., director of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, is leading a randomized clinical trial of a special vest device that can...
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Vest Wearable Monitor May Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions
A heart failure patient wearing the SensiVest remote monitoring system for a two-minute a day assessment. William Abraham, M.D., monitoring a heart failure patient's chest fluid buildup using the...
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Biotronik Hosts Heart Failure Symposium at Europace-Cardiostim 2017
July 13, 2017 — Experts in heart failure management gathered in June to discuss varying scientific evidence in their field and how to transfer results into clinical practice. The Biotronik symposium...
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Left Atrial Pressure Monitor Offers New Hope for Heart Failure Patients
July 14, 2017 — A review appearing in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) discusses current and next-generation implantable hemodynamic monitors. The review...
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Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions With Patient-Generated Health Data Analysis
Wearable monitoring devices may offer a new tool to help prevent acute care episodes in heart failure.Despite their best efforts, many patients tend to develop heart failure after an acute event (e.g.,...
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Raising the Bar for Medical Device Cyber Security
There is growing concern among patients and regulators that medical devices, especially implantable electrophysiology (EP) devices with wireless capabilities, are vulnerable to cyber attack. While...
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Trial Data Show Positive Predictive Results for Boston Scientific HeartLogic...
October 20, 2017 — Boston Scientific announced new data from the Multisensor Chronic Evaluation in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients (MultiSENSE) study evaluating the performance of the HeartLogic...
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VitalConnect Raises $38 Million in Series C Equity Financing
November 3, 2017 — VitalConnect Inc. announced the fourth and final Series C closing, bringing the total Series C round of funding to $38 million. The round was led by MVM and Baxter Ventures. This...
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VitalConnect Secures Fifth FDA Clearance for Patient Monitoring Device
December 12, 2017 — VitalConnect Inc. announced its fifth 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s existing Class 2 wearable biosensor, the VitalPatch....
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Can Your Cardiac Device Be Hacked?
February 27, 2018 — Medical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for hacking. In a paper published online in the Journal of the American College of...
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Self-Applied Chest Patch Catches Atrial Fibrillation More Quickly Than Usual...
March 19, 2018 — For people at heightened risk for atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common heart rhythm disorder that also carries a high risk of stroke, wearing a self-adhering chest patch that records...
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