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HRS 2024: Innovation Meets Reality

DAIC

In electrophysiology, innovation is king, but it is often incremental, and it almost always lacks rationale, comprehensive clinical documentation and relevance for hospitals that try to balance the increasing costs of new technology with increasing demand and reimbursement that just can’t keep pace. So, again, innovation is great.

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Cardiac Wire’s Top Six Takeaways from HRS 2024

CardiacWire

It might have been graduation time in many parts of Boston last weekend, but an electrophysiology family reunion was taking place in the city’s Seaport district, bringing the latest in EP science, technology, and patient care.

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HRS Creates New Advocacy Organization

DAIC

1 A growing patient population, increase in electrophysiology procedures, and rapid innovation in the field have led to elevated government scrutiny on cost, resulting in drastic cuts for reimbursement for common AF procedures. Reductions in reimbursement are making it difficult to retain and attract heart rhythm specialists.

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Supercharging the ECG: AI set to Revolutionize the Diagnostic Cardiology Market

DAIC

Inevitably, given its fledgling status, regulation and reimbursement is still playing catch-up, though 2023 saw some important developments in this regard. Figure 2: VC funding for AI in Medical Imaging vs. ECG The Missing Piece In a similar vein, the reimbursement framework for AI-in ECG is very much in its infancy.

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Cardiology in H1 2024

CardiacWire

Pulsed Field Awakening – Pulsed field ablation was the clear electrophysiology highlight of 2024 so far, after dominating conversations at HRS 2024 , producing mounting evidence of its advantages, and scoring its first FDA approval.

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All About Cardiac Remote Patient Monitoring Software

Vector Remote

All About Cardiac Remote Patient Monitoring Software Comprehensive healthcare for rhythm, heart failure, and hypertension requires the ability to monitor a heart’s condition. In response, an increasing number of clinics have chosen to rely on cardiac remote patient monitoring ( RPM ) software.

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2023 Expert Consensus Statement for Remote Device Clinics

Vector Remote

Expert Consensus Statement and Remote Patient Monitoring Guidelines What does the Heart Rhythm Society’s new Expert Consensus Statement say?