Hospital heart monitor5/5/2023 “Due to concerns raised by patients about coming into the department I did some research to look at alternative ways we could still provide a service without bringing patients in unnecessarily. “We need to be innovative with our diagnostics whilst keeping our patients safe and introducing this partnership with Icentia is the most obvious solution.”Ĭlaire Gallagher, Head of Cardiac Physiology at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, said: Due to the pandemic, we are unable to bring these patients on to our acute sites because of the risk of COVID-19 infection, reduced clinic capacity and reduced staffing levels. Patients then returned the monitor and the results were analysed. “Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, heart monitors were fitted in clinics on health board premises. Helen Wilkinson BCUHB’s Strategic Manager for Cardiac Services said: The remote heart monitors are typically used for patients who suffer from troublesome palpitations or episodes of dizziness. The results will be analysed by Icentia and any significant abnormalities will be highlighted immediately to NHS staff, enabling patients to receive prompt treatment, which can range from changes to medication, to having pacemakers or even cardiac defibrillator devices fitted. Sensors attached to the skin are used to detect the electrical signals produced by the heart each time it beats. The CardioSTAT monitors, provided by medical equipment company Icentia, detect patients’ heart rhythm and electrical activity in a procedure known as an electrocardiogram (ECG). The initiative has been introduced in response to reduced clinic space and staffing levels because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cardiac patients in North Wales will soon be able to have heart monitors fitted from the comfort of their home, reducing the need to come into hospital.īetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board are offering around 1,300 patients the opportunity to have heart monitors sent to them in the post, where they can be fitted and analysed without needing to attend one of North Wales’ three District General Hospitals.
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