Cardiology
David Lee Scher, The Digital Health Corner
“In an ongoing series, I have been touching on multiple issues involved in cardiac patients and the data derived from their implantable defibrillators and pacemakers, which is heretofore unavailable directly to them. I have not fully discussed the viewpoint of device companies for a few reasons. I wanted to explore the multiple aspects of the problem and give the patient’s view first.
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2 February 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, RA News, Record Access | Country: United States | Tag(s): Access, Cardiology, Devices, Industry, Patient
e-Patient Dave, e-patients.net
“We often say here “Gimme my damn data,” referring to our sentiment that data about our health is our data, about us, created for our well-being. And as the saying goes, “Nothing about me without me.”
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22 January 2012 | No Comments »
Categories: News, Video | Country: United States | Tag(s): Cardiology, Data, Devices, e-patient, Implants
TNO
“Opdrachtgever en financier is het ministerie van VWS. Hoewel het twee jaar durende project pas in maart 2012 formeel wordt opgeleverd, spreekt VWS nu al van een succes. ‘E-cardiocare is een perfect voorbeeld hoe eHealth is toe te passen, waarbij alle betrokkenen, de patiënt, de verzekeraar en de zorgverlener profiteren’, zegt Stefan Ottenheijm, van het programmabureau innovatie & ICT van het ministerie.
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7 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Netherlands | Tag(s): Cardiology, Telemedicine
Presse FR
“Le monde de la santé est un terrain fertile pour des applications mobiles susceptibles d’apporter de vrais progrès dans la gestion quotidienne des différentes pathologies auxquelles sont confrontés de nombreux patients.
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5 December 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: France | Tag(s): Cardiology, mHealth
Matthew Knight, CNN
“A new medical invention which harnesses the power of smartphone technology could revolutionize the treatment of heart patients, according to researchers in Switzerland.
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25 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Cardiology, mHealth, smartphone
e-Health-com News
“Am Carl-Thiem-Klinikum in Cottbus wurde heute das Netzwerk erstmals der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Durch die Telemedizin-Zentren am Cottbuser Klinikum sowie am Städtischen Klinikum in Brandenburg/Havel – dem zweiten Standort des Telemedizin-Netzwerkes – sollen Hoch-Risikopatienten mit chronischer Herzschwäche künftig rund um die Uhr aus der Ferne medizinisch betreut werden.
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13 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Germany | Tag(s): Cardiology, Telemedicine
Wouter Stomp, MedGadget
“Both the iPhone app store and the Android market have their fair share of heart rate monitors, which use either the microphone or in some cases the camera to detect your heart rate, with varying levels of accuracy.
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12 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Cardiology, mHealth, Monitoring
e-Health-com News
“Nachdem die DAK im Sommer mit den Segeberger Kliniken und den beteiligten Haus- und Fachärzten mit dem Telemedizin-Projekt „Mein Herz“ in Schleswig-Holstein an den Start gegangen ist, beteiligt sich seit dem 1. Oktober auch das Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) an dem Vertrag.
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10 October 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Germany | Tag(s): Cardiology, Telemedicine
Russell Working, Health Care Communication News
“Mayo Clinic cardiologist Sharonne N. Hayes was at a women’s heart health symposium at the Minnesota-based hospital in 2009 when a former heart-attack victim stopped her to chat.
The patient, Katherine Leon, asked about a rare and potentially fatal condition. “Dr. Hayes,” she said, “what’s Mayo doing to study spontaneous coronary artery dissection?”
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28 September 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Cardiology, Orphan Disease, Research, Social Media
Pete Wilton, Medical Xpress
“The kit, developed by Oxford University and South African researchers, enables people to record and analyze their own heart sounds using a mobile phone microphone.
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16 September 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Cardiology, Cellphone, mHealth
chiscosayans, doctordoctor
“El Hospital Universitario de Getafe, ha iniciado un proyecto de investigación cuyo objetivo es valorar la utilidad de algunos de los marcadores clínicos y funcionales, y determinar la eficacia y eficiencia de la monitorización a distancia para mejorar el control y seguimiento de los pacientes ancianos con insuficiencia cardiaca.
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12 September 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Cardiology, Elderly, Research, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring
Shanna Crispin, e-Health Insider Mobile
“Use of a telemedical electrocardiogram by GPs in Manchester is said to have saved local hospitals £4m in the past year.
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2 September 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: UK | Tag(s): Benefits, Cardiology, ECG, GP, Primary Care, Telemedicine
eGovMonitor
“The newly launched telemedicine-project ‘My Heart’ is an initiative of state health insurer ‘Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse’ (DAK) and a group of private clinics in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein together with the home-visiting doctors and specialists that cooperate with them.
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23 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Germany | Tag(s): Cardiology, Telemedicine
Mail Online
“Scientists have designed a remarkable new gadget which turns a mobile phone into a powerful medical tool able to detect heart problems.
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18 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Tag(s): Cardiology, ECG, mHealth, Monitoring, smartphone
e-Health-com News
“Bachelorstudenten des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts (HPI) haben ein Telemedizinsystem zur Übertragung von EKG-Daten entwickelt, das die häusliche Betreuung von herzkranken Patienten verbessert.
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12 July 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Germany | Tag(s): Cardiology, Digital Homecare, Telemedicine
Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News
“The eHealth Initiative has released a new report exploring the role of electronic health records in care coordination for patients with complex illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
The eHealth Initiative conducted the study with Sanofi-Aventis and Health & Technology Vector (H&TV).
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23 June 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | EHR: EHR, EHR USA | Tag(s): Cardiology, Diabetes
Bridget Carey, StarTribune
“Soler is among 40 cardiologists at HCA East Florida Hospitals who are the world’s first physicians to incorporate the EKG-reading app into their practices. Doctors at three HCA hospitals began using it recently on their personal iPads and iPhones.
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25 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Applications, Cardiology, Hospitals, mHealth, Wireless
Rip Empson, TechCrunch
“According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. As this is the case, there are many of us in the U.S. — and across the globe — who have had heart disease or cardiac illnesses affect our lives in many unpleasant ways.
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25 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Cardiology, Devices, ECG, mHealth, Monitoring
medGadget
“Futuremed kicked off this morning at NASA’s Ames Research Park and all the attendees will be getting copies of Thinklabs Medical’s iMurmur 2 and Heart Record apps for iPhone and iPad. iMurmur is a valuable application for learning heart murmurs and other cardiac sounds, while Heart Record is a non-clinical app that uses the iPhone as a basic electronic stethoscope.
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11 May 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: United States | Tag(s): Applications, Cardiology, mHealth
Supermobile
“Les mobiles se font désormais outil médical, avec de nouvelles fonctionnalités permettant de suivre le rythme cardiaque de l’usager. Une idée ingénieuse pour garder son médecin loin des yeux, mais près du cœur…
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19 April 2011 | No Comments »
Categories: News | Country: Australia | Tag(s): Cardiology, mHealth
