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Mike and Joyce talk with Euan Thomson, the President and CEO of AliveCor, makers of an attachment for a SmartPhone that allows patients to record their own electrocardiogram (ECG) wherever they are, and provide this important data to their doctor remotely.
This is one of a growing number of new applications that utilize the power of a SmartPhone (iPhone or Android), its compute power, camera, and voice capability, to put more medical data into the hands of patients.
Not only does it measure what’s going on, it creates a record that gives the patient and the doctor greater depth-of-view, a better handle on how behavior, environment, and diet may affect the condition, and can create a composite database for research that can be a powerful learning tool.
This is all about empowering YOU!
It’s amazing stuff — come listen in.
For more information about this product, see www.alivecor.com
Their app to detect AFIB received FDA approval in September 2014:
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/36859/alivecor-launches-new-app-with-fda-cleared-afib-algorithm
