Modern Healthcare June 15, 2020
Apple has expanded the scope of its smartwatch’s electrocardiogram app, which can now be used as a replacement for an in-clinic ECG during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The expansion takes advantage of guidance the Food and Drug Administration released to expand the availability of non-invasive remote patient-monitoring technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of an effort to allow physicians to treat patients remotely without needing them to visit a healthcare facility.
Under that guidance, physicians can use the Apple Watch’s ECG app to support diagnosis of certain arrhythmias and manage related conditions while treating patients via telemedicine, according to Apple.
To support that expanded capability, patients can export a PDF of the ECG app’s waveform recording and patient-reported...
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