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Migrating more than 19,000 patient cardiac devices across 15 Atrium Health locations to a cloud-based management platform was a big lift that improved clinical administration and patient care, according to Amy Tucker, nurse manager of cardiac device clinics at the North Carolina-based health system (part of Advocate Health).
Heart and vascular programs deal with an overwhelming amount of data, especially at Advocate Health's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute. Tucker helped launch and has led the development of SHVI's monitoring program since 2005.
Now, using a remote cardiac monitoring tool from Pacemate, which integrates with the health system's electronic health record system, nurses can monitor patients' implanted and wearable devices data in real time and intervene sooner, when needed.
To learn how SHVI leaped to cloud-based medical device management and get some perspective on scaling programs like it across multiple locations, we spoke with Tucker for this week's episode of HIMSSCast.
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Talking points:
- Challenges of cardiac device management
- EHR integration with real-time updates
- Care team concerns and the migration learning curve
- Seeing efficiencies at the three- and six-month marks
- The importance of bi-directional communications and customized alerts
- Seamless patient experiences and faster interventions
- Advice for scaling
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How leveraging cardiac data via RPM can help overcome many clinical challenges
At-home, early warning heart failure wearable can save lives and money
Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
Email: afox@himss.org
Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
