Initial experiences with a telemedicine framework for remote pacemaker follow-up

Alexander Kollmann; Dieter Hayn; José Garcia; Peter Kastner; Brigitte Rotman; Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg; Günter Schreier

doi:10.1109/iembs.2006.259413

Initial experiences with a telemedicine framework for remote pacemaker follow-up

Alexander Kollmann, Dieter Hayn, José Garcia, Peter Kastner, Brigitte Rotman, Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg, Günter Schreier

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According to international guidelines implanted cardiac pacemakers (PM) have to be checked periodically to ensure that they are working correctly. To spare a significant number of patients the burden of traveling to specialized PM clinics a telemedicine framework has been developed prototypically. A mobile, personal digital assistant (PDA) based PM follow-up unit provides the caregiver at the point-of-care with the necessary infrastructure to perform a basic PM follow-up examination remotely. In case of detected malfunction of the PM the patient is ordered to the hospital for further examination. The system has been evaluated in a clinical pilot trial on 44 patients with a total of 23 different PM models from 8 different manufacturers. The initial results indicate the potential of the concept to work as an efficient, manufacturer independent screening method with the ultimate goal to increase the safety, quality and efficiency of PM therapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5218-5221
Number of pages	4
Journal	Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2006.259413
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	EMBS Annual International Conference 2006 - New York City, United States Duration: 30 Aug 2006 → 3 Sept 2006

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Exploration of Digital Health

Keywords

Telemedicine
Pacemakers
Patient monitoring
Electrocardiography
Medical treatment
Manufacturing
Telephony
Hospitals
Personal digital assistants
Safety

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Kollmann, A., Hayn, D., Garcia, J., Kastner, P., Rotman, B., Tscheliessnigg, K., & Schreier, G. (2006). Initial experiences with a telemedicine framework for remote pacemaker follow-up. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 5218-5221. https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2006.259413

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Initial experiences with a telemedicine framework for remote pacemaker follow-up. / Kollmann, Alexander; Hayn, Dieter; Garcia, José et al.
In: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 2006, p. 5218-5221.

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