AIIMS develops app to monitor heart failure patients remotely
The cardiology
department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has developed a smartphone application
called ‘Dhadkan’ that aims to help doctors monitor the condition of their heart
failure patients remotely.
A local nurse or physician can
collect the patient’s data on blood pressure, heart rate and weight and feed
them into the app and an AIIMS doctor can then remotely view the patient’s
condition and prescribe the necessary intervention.
The technology was developed to help
patients from far-flung areas who cannot come to Delhi for a check-up at
regular intervals, according to Dr Sandeep Seth, professor in the department of
cardiology at AIIMS and the man behind the app.
An article about
the technology has been published in the Journal of the Practice of
Cardiovascular Sciences. The app is available on Google Play Store.
10.04.2017
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