Remote monitoring of patients with heart disease via iPhone
The new Dyna-vision iPhone telemedicine application from the Dutch company RS TechMedic enables physicians to monitor vital signs of ambulant and home-care patients at any time and from any location. In addition to offering a significant increase in patient comfort, the product also allows rapid identification of cardiac problems and reduces both hospital and overall healthcare costs. With the dimensions of a typical PDA, the new system is a reliable and sophisticated device that can monitor up to 10 clinical parameters through non-invasive sensors attached to the skin. These measurements include 12-lead ECG, heart rate, heart rate variability, RR-times, respiration, plethysmogram, oxygen saturation and derived parameters. The system is equipped with an internal GPRS module which automatically transmits the recordings to a secured Dyna-Vision server. Physicians with approved access can connect to the server to analyse the recordings or to monitor real-time vital signs of the patient. With the latest version of the system, physicians can use their iPhone to monitor the vital signs of a patient at any time, any place. The use of a mobile phone to monitor patients is relatively inexpensive
and makes it much easier for physicians to offer telemedicine solutions to their patients.
Medica stand 15/A31
RS TechMedic BV
