Raytel Cardiac Services Announces CardioCare(R) Diagnostic and CardioCare(R) eManagement Services to Provide Quality Care to Arrhythmia Patients.New Services Feature High Quality Diagnostic 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 Monitoring Capabilities and Enhanced Patient Data Management Tools WINDSOR, Conn. -- Raytel Cardiac Services, leaders in remote cardiac monitoring, has announced the full launch of its newly designed CardioCare([R]) Diagnostic Arrhythmia Service, including CardioCare([R]) eManagement Services. The new program is designed to ensure high quality care and compliance for arrhythmia patients, to assist the patients and their treating physicians in using the various cardiac monitoring technologies as effectively as possible, and provides physicians with a flexible, user-friendly patient data management tool to enable quick access to accurate test results for use in diagnosis and management of their patients. CardioCare([R]) is a "branded" arrhythmia service that offers physicians the option for selecting for their patients a 24- or 48-hour digital Holter monitoring Holter Monitoring Definition Holter monitoring is continuous monitoring of the electrical activity of a patient's heart muscle (electrocardiography) for 24 hours, using a special portable device called a Holter monitor. service, a 30-day loop or event arrhythmia monitoring service The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. , or Atrial atrial /atri·al/ (a´tre-al) pertaining to an atrium. a·tri·al adj. Of or relating to an atrium. Atrial Having to do with the upper chambers of the heart. Fibrillation/Auto-trigger monitoring to track silent and elusive, hard to catch arrhythmias. The foundation for the service is Raytel's new and proprietary testing and patient data management platform, which more effectively supports the use of all current and future arrhythmia monitoring technologies, including the new state-of-the-art wireless - cellular monitoring technologies that Raytel will introduce in the next few months. "Earlier this year we introduced Raytel's new CardioCare([R]) Service to part of our customers, and we are now pleased to make this innovative service and platform available to all of our customers. When products are intended for use directly by patients, they need to be easy to use to ensure compliance with the test protocol in order to obtain the proper diagnostic data for the treating physician. Taking our customers' needs and feedback into account, combined with the capabilities of new technologies in arrhythmia monitoring, were key elements in the design and implementation of this new unified platform," says Robert Sass, General Manager at Raytel Cardiac Services. The new service includes: * Unified testing and reporting platform for all arrhythmia monitoring services * Multiple monitor transmission capability * Enhanced and flexible "one source" patient data management and reports retrieval, including the unique CardioCare([R]) eMove report download feature "With Raytel's CardioCare([R]) service, physicians now have the opportunity to select a monitoring service that best fits their patients' needs," adds Sass. "Multiple technology options for individual patient needs increases the level of convenience our services provide to our clients, as well as providing the foundation for exciting, soon-to-be-available new cellular technologies. This investment in arrhythmia services reinforces Raytel's commitment to leadership in ambulatory Movable; revocable; subject to change; capable of alteration. An ambulatory court was the former name of the Court of King's Bench in England. It would convene wherever the king who presided over it could be found, moving its location as the king moved. remote cardiac monitoring and to quality care for physicians and patients," concludes Sass. Raytel Cardiac Services (www.raytel.com) is a division of Raytel Medical Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of SHL-Telemedicine Ltd. (www.SHL-Telemedicine.com), world leader in developing and marketing advanced telemedicine ("long distance" medicine) Using a videoconferencing link to a large medical center in order that rural health care facilities can perform diagnosis and treatment. A specialist can monitor the patient remotely taking cues from the general practitioner or nurse who is actually examining systems, and the provider of call center services to subscribers. Raytel Cardiac Services is the leading provider of remote pacemaker pacemaker Source of rhythmic electrical impulses that trigger heart contractions. In the heart's electrical system, impulses generated at a natural pacemaker are conducted to the atria and ventricles. monitoring and cardiac diagnostic testing Diagnostic testing Testing performed to determine if someone is affected with a particular disease. Mentioned in: Von Willebrand Disease in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its highly trained healthcare specialists use telephone and Internet technology 24-hours, seven days a week, to monitor patients with pacemakers Pacemakers Definition A pacemaker is a surgically-implanted electronic device that regulates a slow or erratic heartbeat. Purpose Pacemakers are implanted to regulate irregular contractions of the heart (arrhythmia). , suspected arrhythmia, implanted defibrillators (ICDs) and other cardiac-related conditions. Patient reports are generated with each monitoring session and forwarded to their physician for review. For more information on CardioCare([R]) Diagnostic Arrhythmia Services or other Raytel Cardiac Services, visit www.raytel.com. |
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