STAT May 13, 2020
It was a shift that began long before the pandemic: Tech companies, health providers, and patients alike were increasingly looking to remote devices like miniature electrocardiograms and blood pressure cuffs connected to the internet that let clinicians keep tabs on care from afar.
Now, with virtual care emerging as a safer alternative to in-person care, remote heart monitoring tools may be having a breakout moment.
The devices could prove useful during the pandemic for a range of reasons, from their ability to catch undiagnosed heart abnormalities in patients missing routine medical appointments, to their usefulness in gauging Covid-19 patients’ responses to experimental medications that impact the heart.
Nearly every heart-focused health tech company — from startups like AliveCor and iRhythm...
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