CardioNet Nominated for The 2004 World Technology Awards.SAN DIEGO -- World's First Mobile, Wireless Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry System -- Continuous ECG ECG electrocardiogram. ECG abbr. 1. electrocardiogram 2. electrocardiograph ECG Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart. Monitoring During Normal Daily Activities The World Technology Network (WTN WTN Watertown (Wisconsin) WTN Working Telephone Number WTN World Television Network WTN Wright Technology Network WTN World Timber Network WTN Womens' Television Network (Canada) ) announced today that CardioNet, Inc. has been selected as a nominee in the health and medicine category of this year's World Technology Awards, being held in association with NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on , Microsoft, TIME magazine, Science magazine, and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . Winners will be announced on October 8, 2004, in San Francisco, at the World Technology Awards gala ceremony at San Francisco City Hall The City Hall of San Francisco California, opened in 1915, in its open space area in the city's Civic Center, is a Beaux-Arts monument to the brief "City Beautiful" movement that epitomized the high-minded American Renaissance of the period 1880-1917. at the conclusion of the two-day World Technology Summit. The World Technology Awards honour individuals and corporations from twenty (20) technology-related sectors viewed by their peers as being the most innovative and doing the work of the greatest likely long-term significance. Award categories range from biotechnology, space and energy to ethics, design and entertainment. "We are delighted and grateful to have been nominated for the 2004 World Technology Awards, said James M. Sweeney, CardioNet Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The CardioNet technology and service -- mobile, wireless, outpatient, cardiac telemetry -- is truly the first of its kind, allowing physicians to continuously monitor patients' hearts as they go about their normal daily activities and to respond quickly when heart rhythm problems are detected. Every day, we are saving lives by detecting cardiac rhythm problems that would not otherwise have been detected and, helping physicians intervene before lives are lost or patients suffer permanent disability. It is wonderful to receive this recognition of the importance of our technology and service from the world leaders in our field." Nominees for the 2004 World Technology Awards were identified based on an intensive, global process in which current WTN members (primarily winners and finalists of previous Awards cycles, who now number over 700, spread out over 54 countries) made their nominations based on who they think is doing the innovative work of the greatest likely long-term significance within their particular field. About CardioNet CardioNet is the first provider of mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry (MCOT MCOT Mass Communication Organization of Thailand MCOT Music Conservatory of Texas MCOT Medical College of Ohio at Toledo MCOT Malaysian Community of Old Trafford MCOT Miri Crude Oil Terminal (Malaysia) ) -- monitoring the patient's ECG, heartbeat by heartbeat, at home, at work, or traveling -- focused on helping physicians rapidly diagnose and effectively manage patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The CardioNet technology, invisible under clothing, continuously monitors the patient's ECG during normal daily activities. It automatically detects and transmits abnormal heart rhythms to the CardioNet monitoring center, where certified cardiac technicians analyze the transmissions and respond appropriately 24/7/365. Physicians receive daily and urgent telemetry reports from the CardioNet monitoring center, and use the data to make diagnoses and treatment decisions. The unique value of CardioNet's integrated technology/service is that it detects and transmits events automatically, whether or not patients can sense that they are occurring. In a clinical study, CardioNet mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry detected serious arrhythmias in 53% of patients who had been previously monitored with Holter and/or event recording, where no arrhythmia arrhythmia (ārĭth`mēə), disturbance in the rate or rhythm of the heartbeat. Various arrhythmias can be symptoms of serious heart disorders; however, they are usually of no medical significance except in the presence of had been found. CardioNet mobile cardiac outpatient telemetry is currently available in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia Arkansas (sometimes spelled Arkansaw) is an unincorporated community in Hardy County, West Virginia. It is located on Arkansaw Road (County Route 3/2 off of West Virginia Route 29. , Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . CardioNet, Inc. is a private, venture-backed company headquartered in San Diego. Its investors include Hambrecht & Quist Capital Management, Sanderling, Inglewood Ventures, BioFrontier Partners, IDEO, Guidant Corporation and Foundation Medical Partners. |
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