Healthcare Informatics October 2, 2018
By now, everyone is aware of Apple’s recent announcement of an ECG capability on its latest watch. It joins an expanding list of portable or in-home devices for monitoring cardiac and other functions. The Apple device takes advantage of an established ECG device from AliveCor, which had previously introduced the CardiaMobile ECG capture device for Android and iOS devices. More sophisticated monitoring devices such as implantable devices can monitor heart function in heart failure cases.
Many facilities are implementing video-conferencing type capabilities for patient consultation for non-life-threatening issues. These might include the capture of information such as a “selfie” of a rash that is uploaded to the physician for assessment.
Given that many of these devices are designed to collect...
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