Category Archives: Implantable Defibrillators

Can an EHR Save Your Life?

Posted on April 27, 2024 by

Every year it is estimated that 400,000 people die of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), the number one cause of death, in the USA. There are usually no warning signs or symptoms. This is different than a heart attack, a … Continue reading →

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Medical Device Recalls: Implications for Digital Health Technologies

Posted on April 12, 2024 by

Everyone has heard of a recall of a consumer product such as a component of an automobile, child’s toy, or an over the counter medication. A recall of those types of products often implies taking them off the market as … Continue reading →

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Why Cardiac Rhythm Device Patient Portals Will Start the Digital Health Revolution

Posted on February 3, 2025 by

Heretofore this series has focused on issues specific to patients with implantable cardiac rhythm devices who deserve to access their device’s own data directly via patient portals or PHRs. What I would like to suggest is that if this PHR … Continue reading →

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Why Cardiac Device Companies Want Patients to See Their Own Data

Posted on February 2, 2025 by

In an ongoing series, I have been touching on multiple issues involved in cardiac patients and the data derived from their implantable defibrillators and pacemakers, which is heretofore unavailable directly to them. I have not fully discussed the viewpoint of … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Physicians Don’t Want Patients to Have Their Cardiac Device Data

Posted on February 1, 2025 by

There is a groundswell of discussion concerning patients demanding to have direct access to data derived from their implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. I have discussed in other articles why patients deserve their data and the benefits derived thereof. There are … Continue reading →

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There is a Patient Attached to that Implantable Defibrillator!

Posted on January 27, 2025 by

“There are two things we are sure of, death and taxes. Now, if only we can get them in that order.”—Joey Adams “If Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.”—-Mel Brooks Q: “What’s the definition of … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why Patients with Implantable Defibrillators Deserve Their Data

Posted on January 26, 2025 by

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The objective of Measure 12/15 of Meaningful Use regulations … Continue reading →

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