[Reprinted: HCB News, 7-14-2020] An estimated three million-plus patients live in the United States with implanted cardiac devices, with 400,000 implanted annually. Follow-up care for these patients continues to evolve and become more challenging due to increasing clinical complexity of patients and diagnostic device features. Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) … [Read more...]
Banner Health’s New Telemedicine Platform Enables In-Patient Monitoring
[Reprinted: mHealth Intelligence, 7-20-2020] Caught in the throes of one of the current coronavirus hotspots, Arizona’s Banner Health is using telemedicine technology to transform televisions into remote monitoring platforms to care for patients infected with COVID-19. Using technology from Intel and VeeMed, nearly 1,000 TVs have been modified to allow hospital staff to check on patients … [Read more...]