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About Remote monitors for
medical devices
Remote monitors for medical devices
give doctors critical information and patients peace of mind -
which adds up to a useful marketing tool for companies.
A new wireless remote monitoring
system after having a combination pacemaker-defibrillator
implanted has recently been implanted in a 69-year-old retiree
suffering from heart failure. All the device-check information
that used to require an office visit can be picked up by the
wireless receiver by her bed and sent to the doctor via Company's
computers.
Since the high-profile recalls that
medical device companies have been experiencing , remote
monitoring is a way to assure patients and doctors that the device
is working properly - especially when it comes to common,
detectable problems like a low or dead battery.
Heart device companies also see
their remote systems as marketing tools to sway doctors to
recommend their products to patients.
Convenience and comfort aren't the
only advantages of the remote monitoring system. Diagnostic tools
are being added to devices that can measure heart rhythm, fluid in
lungs, blood pressure and other conditions. Soon, doctors will be
able to not only perform device checkups but also to monitor their
patients' health if need be on a daily basis.
But with these advances come new
problems. How can heart clinics handle the flood of information
coming from these systems about their patients?
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(Posted on Sun, Mar. 19, 2006 and available on
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14126260.htm )
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