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AliveCor Inc.'s newest smartphone app could be a life-saver. Literally.
The company's mobile heart health service now gives cardiac patients and their doctors the opportunity to have smartphone-recorded electrocardiograms (ECGs) reviewed and analyzed by such professional experts as a U.S. board-certified cardiologist or U.S.-based cardiac technician.
“This eHealth service makes it easier for physicians to manage the heart condition of their patients, wherever they and their patients are," said Ronald P. Karlsberg, M.D., Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA.. "Just as the introduction of thermometers and blood pressure cuffs in the past helped patients to monitor their health, now the ability to record one’s own electrocardiogram – and get an interpretation almost instantly - empowers the 21st-century patient to take charge of their heart health.”
AliveCor's Heart Monitor --- cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration --- is a mobile ECG recorder that supports both iPhone and Android compatible smartphones. It records, displays, annotates, stores, and transfers single-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythms wirelessly, using the free AliveECG app. With secure storage in the Cloud, patients can access their data confidentially anytime, anywhere, and can grant access to their physician.
“This is a major step in achieving our vision for mobile health”, said Euan Thomson, CEO and President of AliveCor. “We have a passion for mobility and communication, connecting patients and doctors with each other and with expert services wherever they are, whenever they want.”
Privately held AliveCor is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.
The company's mobile heart health service now gives cardiac patients and their doctors the opportunity to have smartphone-recorded electrocardiograms (ECGs) reviewed and analyzed by such professional experts as a U.S. board-certified cardiologist or U.S.-based cardiac technician.
“This eHealth service makes it easier for physicians to manage the heart condition of their patients, wherever they and their patients are," said Ronald P. Karlsberg, M.D., Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA.. "Just as the introduction of thermometers and blood pressure cuffs in the past helped patients to monitor their health, now the ability to record one’s own electrocardiogram – and get an interpretation almost instantly - empowers the 21st-century patient to take charge of their heart health.”
AliveCor's Heart Monitor --- cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration --- is a mobile ECG recorder that supports both iPhone and Android compatible smartphones. It records, displays, annotates, stores, and transfers single-channel electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythms wirelessly, using the free AliveECG app. With secure storage in the Cloud, patients can access their data confidentially anytime, anywhere, and can grant access to their physician.
“This is a major step in achieving our vision for mobile health”, said Euan Thomson, CEO and President of AliveCor. “We have a passion for mobility and communication, connecting patients and doctors with each other and with expert services wherever they are, whenever they want.”
Privately held AliveCor is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.