Medtronic’s MyCareLink Smart Monitor is reportedly the world’s first app-based remote monitoring system for patients with implantable pacemakers.
The monitor is comprised of a portable device reader and the MyCareLink Smart mobile app. When the monitor is connected to cellular or Wi-Fi service, patients can upload pacemaker data to the Medtronic CareLink Network, where physicians can access it and use it to inform treatment decisions.
“Remote monitoring of pacemakers and other cardiac devices is now the standard of care, as studies have established how it benefits patients — including faster diagnoses and increased survival — as well as how it helps physicians manage their pacemaker patients through increased efficiency and convenience,” said George Crossley III, MD, associate professor of medicine and electrophysiologist at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institution.
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