Patent ID: 9037477
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating ambulatory electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring of cardiac rhythm disorders, comprising the steps of: registering a patient online and assembling medical records for the patient; registering an ambulatory ECG monitor, including a monitor RFID tag, that comprises leadless integrated sensing electrodes independently suspended from a flexible housing that encloses an ECG recording circuitry connected to the electrodes, to the patient; assigning a tracking number to the monitor in relation to an ambulatory ECG monitoring and matching the tracking number to the patient; associating the tracking number with an envelope RFID tag accompanying an envelope in which to send the monitor for an evaluation upon a completion of the ambulatory ECG monitoring; tracking the physical whereabouts of the monitor through the tracking number of the monitor RFID tag and the envelope RFID tag prior to receipt of the monitor for the evaluation; retrieving an electrocardiogram from the recording circuitry; evaluating the electrocardiogram and the medical records for the patient against diagnostic criteria comprising statistical correlations of cardiac disease states and cardiac rhythm patterns using a processor; following up with the patient within a fixed, predetermined amount of time after evaluating the electrocardiogram and medical records; and upon making a finding of a cardiac rhythm abnormality when the diagnostic criteria is met, automatically referring the patient to a cardiac rhythm specialist online, including sending the cardiac rhythm abnormality finding and automatically scheduling an appointment for the patient with the cardiac rhythm specialist, wherein the steps are performed by a suitably programmed computer.