Smartphones and Pacemakers - A match made in heaven?
During a clinical trial, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic discovered that by empowering patients through a smart device app to remotely monitor the data transmissions of their pacemaker had a real world success rate of 92.8%
The BlueSync Field Evaluation was the first time that patients were given direct access to their pacemaker data, which is traditionally kept alongside a bedside monitor.
Allowing these patients the opportunity to monitor themselves has improved patient outcomes and adherence to guidelines for the pacemaker.
The principle investigator - Khaldoun Tarakji, MD, MPH believes that these findings have the potential to reshape the monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac electronic devices
"Being able to monitor and view the output of a pacemaker whenever you need is putting power back into the hands of the person and the findings show that it improves their health across the board
