Remote ECGs save money in Manchester
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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High-tech gadget turns your smart phone into a hospital-grade heart monitor
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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Smartheart Turns Your Mobile Phone Into A Heart Monitor
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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Telecardiology improves quality of diagnosis and reduces delay to treatment in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction and atypical presentation
Brunetti ND et al, Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, 17(6)
AIM:
To assess whether telemedicine technology applied to public emergency healthcare system improves overall quality of home diagnosis in case of acute myocardial infarction among elderly patients, often characterized by higher rates of atypical presentation.
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An Improved Method of Measurement of ECG Parameters for Online Medical Diagnosis
Singh HR, et al. Medical and Care Compunetics 6. 2010
The accuracy in the online measurement of ECG parameters has a decisive role in the better diagnosis and effective treatment of the diseases. The present paper describes a Lab-VIEW based programming using Pan Tompkins method to extract out QRS complex whereas QT interval measurements were carried out using Mat-lab based math-script module.
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Telemedicine Helping Students
Carolyn Bloch, Federal Telemedicine News
“NIH awarded a five year $2.2 million grant to the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) to explore whether school-based telemedicine sessions can help students in rural areas control their asthma. As the most common chronic childhood disease, asthma disproportionally affects minority and low income children and is especially difficult to treat children living a distance from specialists.
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A Novel Handheld Device for Use in Remote Patient Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients—Design and Preliminary Validation on Healthy Subjects
Pollonini L et al, Journal of Medical Systems, 2010
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) holds great promise for reducing the burden of congestive heart failure (CHF). Improved sensor technology and effective predictive algorithms can anticipate sudden decompensation events. Enhanced telemonitoring systems would promote patient independence and facilitate communication between patients and their physicians. We report the development of a novel hand-held device, called Blue Box, capable of collecting and wirelessly transmitting key cardiac parameters derived from three integrated biosensors: 2 lead electrocardiogram (ECG), photoplethysmography and bioelectrical impedance (bioimpedance).
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Now doctors can read your ECG reports on their mobile
Business Standard
“The world’s fastest growing mobile market has added yet another feather to its cap — telemedicine on the mobile handset.
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An Improved Method of Measurement of ECG Parameters for Online Medical Diagnosis
Singh, H.R. et al, ICMCC
To be presented at ICMCC 2010 Event.
The accuracy in the online measurement of ECG parameters has a decisive role in the better diagnosis and effective treatment of the diseases. The present paper describes a Lab-VIEW based programming using Pan Tompkins method to extract out QRS complex whereas QT interval measurements were carried out using Mat-lab based math-script module.
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