It Starts (and Ends) with Connectivity: Bringing Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Life Powered by Vector Remote-It Starts (and Ends) with Connectivity: Brining Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Life Powered by Vector Remote

It Starts (and Ends) with Connectivity: Brining Remote Cardiac Monitoring to Life Powered by Vector Remote

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This roundtable discussion, titled "It Starts with Connectivity, Starts and Ends with Connectivity," focuses on the critical role of connectivity in remote cardiac monitoring. Experts, including clinicians and industry leaders, emphasize that without reliable electronic connectivity, effective remote monitoring of cardiac device patients is impossible. Historical challenges included high rates of patients not being followed up post-implant and many remote monitoring-capable devices not being activated. Recent guidelines (2023) have issued strong recommendations for maintaining connectivity.<br /><br />Amy Tucker highlights patient education and dedicated teams as keys to maintaining high connectivity rates (advocating for ongoing effort rather than one-time fixes). Scott Greenberg discusses the overwhelming data burden on staff and how transitioning to third-party platforms that consolidate data and automate processes significantly improved patient care and clinic efficiency. Kevin Hoffman of Vector Remote describes how technology can automate the tedious task of reconnecting patients, using programmatic outreach (texts, calls, letters), achieving connectivity rates exceeding 90%, which leads to better patient outcomes and reduced staff burden.<br /><br />Adam Kirchgesner adds that wearable tech poses similar connectivity challenges and sees integration with clinical workflows and third-party platforms as essential. The panel agrees the future lies in streamlining data to present only actionable alerts and securing appropriate reimbursement to support these labor-intensive services. Ultimately, connectivity is foundational to remote cardiac monitoring's success and patient safety.

Keywords

connectivity

remote cardiac monitoring

patient education

third-party platforms

data consolidation

automation

wearable technology

clinical workflows