imgres-11CardioNet of Philadelphia and AirStrip Technologies of San Antonio are partnering to develop and market new mobile solutions for patient monitoring.
AirStrip’s mobile app will provide live patient data from CardioNet’s Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry directly to doctors and other hospital workers’ mobile phones and tablet computers.
The integrated technologies aim to improve patient monitoring and the delivery of healthcare services by doctors.
“This partnership is the foundation for a powerful end-to-end cardiac care package that promises to have a game changing impact on 30-day readmissions for heart failure,” Alan Portela, AirStrip CEO said in a news release. “Our pioneering mobility solution delivers critical patient data to physicians anywhere across the care continuum to encourage better decision-making and improve both the timeliness and quality of care.
Details of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies expect to release its product by mid-year.
“This collaboration is one of the most exciting initiatives CardioNet has embarked on to date,” Joseph H. Capper, CardioNet’s President and CEO said in a news release. “As the leader in the mobile cardiac telemetry market, we are always looking for avenues to expand the utilization of our data. The AirStrip solution is the leading FDA-cleared technology for the transmission of virtual, live ECG waveforms to a healthcare provider’s mobile device. This solution is rapidly transforming the way clinical data is delivered and
integrated in a point of care setting.”