ICD checkup via Bluetooth? There’s an app for that
Abbott’s Gallant CRT-D (biventricular cardiac defibrillator) is the first Bluetooth equipped implantable device. The device received the all-clear from FDA back in July and was...
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The Coala Heart Monitor can detect AF says TEASE trial
Less than a month ago we reviewed the Coala Heart Monitor, praising its shift to patient use in atrial fibrillation (AF). A study recently published...
Doccla virtual wards: patients admitted in the comfort of home
Inpatients on an outpatient basis. That may sound like an oxymoron, but that’s exactly the NHS is doing, with help from Doccla virtual wards. The...
ATCOR plans to enable home monitoring of central blood pressure
ATCOR, subsidiary of Australian fim CardieX recently signed a three-year deal with Chinese Andon. The goal -develop and market home monitoring devices containing ATCOR’s SphygmoCor...
Fitbit Sense – one smartwatch to rule them all?
Fitbit recently announced the Fitbit Sense, a smartwatch filled to the brim with state-of-the-art tech. Their purpose? Give users a complete picture of their health....
inHEART promises to change cardiac electrophysiology
inHEART, a spin-off company by French tech institutes Inria and LYRIC, received $4.2 million dollars by VC firm Elaia. What they intend to do with...
The EU isn’t happy about Google’s Fitbit takeover
Way back in November, we warned that Google algorithms being fed with Fitbit’s data could be a nightmare scenario. Someone high up in the EU...
Heartbeat Health teams up with the ACC
Good news for digital cardiology: Heartbeat Health teamed up with The American College of Cardiology (ACC). Their goal is to provide cardiologists with their top-of-the-line...
The patients that need mHealth the most won’t use it
People over 65 stand in front of screens for an average of 10 hours per day. Half of them own smartphones. One would think that...
Heartbeat Health wants to revolutionize cardiology
Heartbeat Health made the news lately for securing 8.2$M from investors. Its aim – provide high-quality cardiology care via telehealth. With a team mainly consisting...