Debatable: Is the Public Being Misled by Single-Channel ECG Recording devices? <em>You</em> Make the Call.

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Debatable: Is the Public Being Misled by Single-Channel ECG Recording devices? You Make the Call.

Saving the best for last at the recent an International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE) meetings in St. Simon Island, Georgia — ISCE members scheduled a series of interesting debates for the last session of the meetings. Topics were as follows: Is automated ECG interpretation of any value since over-reading is commonplace in major hospitals? […]

ACC-2017 Shows ‘Device-Wear’ Proliferation

Part 1 — Product report from ACC-2017 There is an explosion in the field of biometric recording technology these days. Devices are smaller and more comfortable, as well as less intrusive than ever before. At virtually any medical conference, one can see the proliferation of connected devices, recording devices, integrated health system devices, wearable devices, and […]

DigiCardio Uses NEMon HE/LX (helix) to Provide Analysis for non-NEMon Recorders

When it comes to the big picture of Holter analysis, few may be better positioned to see it than Rob Edwards, the president of DigiCardio. Rob’s 17 years of experience in the cardiac monitoring field have left him with a deep understanding of how the market has changed in the nearly two decades he’s been […]

Mix-and-Match Tools from NEMon Are the Future of EKG Analysis

Many of our readers do not — yet — use the complete NEMon recorder and analysis software system. The operative word in the previous sentence is “and.” Some of our users are researchers who only want to use NEMon ambulatory recorders to capture EKG data so they can develop new and exciting algorithms and do […]

Launch an Online Tech Support Session

Sometimes, the most effective way to resolve a software question or demonstrate a feature is for us to “share” your computer, so that we can see what you see. It often saves a lot of email and voicemail back and forth. We have automated the process by which you can allow our support staff to […]

Bring on the Data! Foreign (non-NEMon) Holter Data Formats Welcome!

Keys to the software world are frequently in the form of proprietary formats. Indeed, that is the case with NEMon Holter systems. The data users record on SD cards in the current suite of recorders (DR181, DR200/HE, and DR300), are written into a proprietary file format and stored as a flash.dat file. When you move […]

A Pastor, a Doctor, and an Engineer …

A pastor, a doctor, and an engineer were stuck behind a particularly slow and inept group of golfers. Just as they were reaching the limits of their patience, the greenskeeper approached, so the engineer asked, “Say, what’s with that group ahead of us? They’re rather slow, aren’t they?” The greenskeeper replied, “Oh, yes, that’s a […]

Decades of Experience: Heart Smart

It wasn’t a carefully planned career move when Steve Seltzer, Heart Smart CEO and president, moved into the heart monitoring business. It was personal. When Steve was in his 20s selling surgical supplies, his father had a heart attack. Steve questioned why he hadn’t caught the symptoms, and his father’s cardiologist didn’t have any answers. […]

Strength Lies in Your Flexibility to Use All or Part of NEMon’s Solution

Firmware Is the ‘Glue’ that Holds Hardware and Software Together

Here’s a challenge: Next time you’re sitting on a freezing cold chairlift in minus 20 below zero weather, the wind is howling, and you’re desperate to make some sort of conversation with the attractive snowboarder sitting beside you, try this one out: “Hey, can you help me figure out how to explain what firmware is?” […]