CardioComm : CARDIOLOGISTS TO USE THE HEARTCHECK™ CARDIBEAT WITH ECG TRIAGING SERVICES FOR REMOTE PATIENT ECG MONITORING
December 21, 2020 at 02:11 pm EST
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TORONTO, ONTARIO - CardioComm Solutions, Inc. (TSX VENTURE: EKG) ('CardioComm' or the 'Company'), a leading global medical provider of consumer heart monitoring and electrocardiogram ('ECG') acquisition and management software solutions, confirms the start of an out-of-office ECG monitoring program using the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat Handheld ECG monitor, the GEMS™ Mobile RPM Smartphone app and the SMART Monitoring ECG triaging service to support prescribed in-home arrhythmia monitoring.
The Heart Health Institute ('HHI'), a large arrhythmia practice network located in the Greater Toronto Area (Ontario, Canada), will be recommending the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat to their cardiac patients for up to six months of in-home, arrhythmia self-monitoring use with an emphasis on detecting a recurrence of atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia.
CardioComm's GEMS™ Mobile Smartphone app supports physician and research-based remote patient monitoring ('RPM') requirements including providing rapid ECG reporting directly to the prescribing physician's electronic medical records as patient triggered ECGs are taken. ECGs recorded by HHI patients using the GEMS™ Mobile RPM Smartphone app and the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat be rapidly triaged by CardioComm's SMART Monitoring ECG service to detect for the presence of any number of arrhythmias. Any submitted ECG recordings that show a presence of a cardiac arrhythmia will be flagged so that HHI patients may be contacted and a follow-up visit scheduled. ECG reports generated through GEMS™ Mobile are eligible for medical service reimbursement in both Canada and the US.
Physicians at HHI intend to introduce the use of the HeartCheck™ ECG/arrhythmia monitoring technology to patients with difficult to capture arrhythmias and to reduce clinical workload in dealing with COVID-19 precautions. Due to COVID-19, patients are reluctant to visit their physician for cardiac testing and some pratices have also implemented new protocols that have made it more challenging to see their patients. Under the GEMS™ Mobile RPM model, patients will be able to purchase the HeartCheck™ CardiBeat directly through the HHI offices or on-line directly from CardioComm with an HHI physician referral. ECG reporting will be made available at no cost to the patients over a six month monitoring period or until a diagnosis has been made. Following completion of the HHI monitoring period, patients will be able to continue to use the wireless HeartCheck™ CardiBeat ECG device and GEMS™ Mobile app under the Company's consumer use model.
The GEMS™ Mobile RPM app is available in Android and Apple Smartphone compatible versions as a free downloadable app and allows users to generate ECG reports to show to their physician. The app also allows users to request their ECG to be reviewed by CardioComm's SMART Monitoring ECG reading service where the user does not have direct connectivity to their treating physician.
To learn more about CardioComm's products and for further updates regarding HeartCheck™ ECG device integrations, please visit the Company's websites at www.cardiocommsolutions.com and www.theheartcheck.com.
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CardioComm Solutions, Inc. is a Canada-based company, which develops software, hardware and core laboratory reading services related to electrocardiogram (ECG) and ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring systems for medical and consumer markets globally. The Company's specialization is in the software engineering of computer based (ECG) management and reporting software. The software permits physician interpretations of ECGs and supports private and public payer fee-for-service billings. The Companyâs device connectivity and ECG management technologies are used in medical, consumer, clinical research and telemedicine solutions for the recording, transmission, viewing, analyzing, reporting and storage of electrocardiograms, for arrhythmia screening, diagnosis, and management of cardiac patients. Its Global ECG Management Solutions (GEMS) and GlobalCardio (Cloud based GEMS) products are licensed worldwide to hospitals, ECG commercial reading services and physicians.