Home-Monitoring Data Integrated With Medical Records

Improved patient-management software for home monitoring of patients offers the integration of remote-device information directly into electronic medical records (EMRs).

The Latitude patient-management software with remote data integration capabilities is designed to provide clinicians with direct device data-integration capability. Remote home monitoring is an effective tool to help physicians manage patients with heart failure and patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. The enhanced version of the Latitude also provides increased efficiencies to clinicians through streamlined system navigation, increased alert flexibility, faster printing, and fine-tuned automatic scheduling. More than 10,000 patients in the United States alone already have Latitude-compatible wireless devices.

The Latitude wireless remote system was developed in accordance with the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines, which recommend monitoring weight, blood pressure, activity level, and quality of life. The Latitude system was developed by Boston Scientific (Natick, MA, USA).

In addition to monitoring patients from their home, the Latitude technology also integrates with General Electric's (GE, Fairfield, CT, USA) Centricity EMR, which will help clinicians to better manage and track patients.

"The collaboration between GE and Boston Scientific is a major stepping stone in our effort to provide a comprehensive patient record across the continuum of care,” said Vishal Wanchoo, president and CEO of GE healthcare integrated information technology (IT) solutions. "The ability to collect patient data remotely using Latitude technology and integrating that data, along with historical medical information, within the patient's electronic medical record should empower physicians to make more accurate decisions at the point of care.”



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