Ambulatory cardiac monitoring company CardioNet has agreed to pay $6.4 million to resolve legal allegations of over billing Medicare and other federal health programs for their Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT) services. CardioNet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Biotelemetry Inc. is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania,  ,  that its subsidiary, CardioNet, The government’s Justice Department claims […]

LifeWatch Partners with HealthPatch for Wireless Monitoring LifeWatch AG announced today that it has entered into an agreement with silicon valley start up Vital Connect Inc. for use of their wireless ECG monitoring patch called the HealthPatch(R) MD. LifeWatch and Vital Connect plan to integrate the HealthPatch MD into LifeWatch’s mobile cardiac monitoring devices as […]

Medtronic Launches New Mobile Cardiac Telemetry Monitor September 15th Medtronic Inc. announced the launch of their mobile cardiac telemetry monitoring system called the Seeq.  The Seeq device was developed by Corventis and recently acquired by Medtronic in June of this year. The Seeq is different that other Mobile Cardiac Telemetry monitors in that it is […]

eCardio Merges with Preventice September 10th, 2014 Ambulatory cardiac monitoring service company eCardio announced that it has formalized an agreement to merge with remote monitoring device company called Preventice.  This merger is comes just a few weeks after eCardio was acquired by Merck, which the Merck Global Innovation Fund is a major stakeholder in Preventice funding […]

Patient Monitoring Implants Linked To Better Outcomes A study published in the journal Lancet with chronic heart failure patients revealed that implantable monitoring devices improve patient outcomes. The trial randomized 650 chronic heart failure patients with implanted defibrillator devices proves remote patient monitoring that relay information can help improve patient outcomes. Research shows that patients […]

CardioMEMS HF Monitoring System Receives Medicare Approval August 5, 2014 St. Jude Medical recently announced that the Medicare (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) has approved the CardioMEMS™ Heart Failure System. The CardioMEMS HF System is the first and only U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved heart failure (HF) monitoring device that has been proven to […]

Edwards Receives FDA Approval for Hemodynamic Monitor July 2nd, 2014 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation announced today that it has received FDA approval for their hemodynamic monitoring system called ClearSight.  The ClearSight system assists medical professionals in obtaining arterial & veneous circulation as well as cardiac parameters through a simple non-invasive test with the finger. The ClearSight system […]

Role of AECG Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib) Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) is a complex rhythm that is proven to significantly increase risk for adverse events including heart attack & stroke.   Atrial Fibrillation is affects an estimated 2.7 million American each year with nearly 700,000 new cases detected each year.  Atrial Fibrillation is a key […]

Study: Long Term Monitoring Effective Detecting Atrial Fib A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the use of a 30-day cardiac event monitorwas superior at detecting atrial fibrillation compared to a 24-hour Holter monitoring study. It is estimated that 25% of ischemic strokes are “cryptogenic”, where the cause of […]

Holter Versus Event Monitor Holter Monitoring has been the gold standard for ambulatory cardiac monitoring for nearly 4 decades.  A traditional Holter monitor is generally prescribed for patients that complain of a variety of symptoms that can result from electrical instability in the heart.  Such symptoms may include chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, palpitations, […]