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Continuous Cardiac Monitoring From Mayo Clinic

Clinicians and researchers at Mayo Clinic have been testing a new device that can monitor patients with heart problems at home in hopes of keeping them healthier and out of the hospital longer. A monitoring device is strapped on the chest and measures things like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and activity.

The information is collected and sent to a software program where trained technicians can analyze the data. The program can even ask questions back to the patient like "Do you feel any symptoms?". The information gathered can then be used to suggest seeing a doctor or to adjust medications.

It's currently only used by congestive heart failure patients but in the future it could be used by more people as a constant health monitoring tool.


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