State of the Art of Mobile Health Technologies Use in Clinical Arrhythmia Care

Overview

Journal Commun Med (Lond)

Publisher Nature Portfolio

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Oct 30

PMID 39472742

Authors

Arun R Sridhar

Jim W Cheung

Rachel Lampert

Jennifer N A Silva

Rakesh Gopinathannair

Juan C Sotomonte

Khaldoun Tarakji

Mark Fellman

Jonathan Chrispin

Niraj Varma

Rajesh Kabra

Nishaki Mehta

Sana M Al-Khatib

Jacob J Mayfield

Rachita Navara

Bharath Rajagopalan

Rod Passman

Yann Fleureau

Maully J Shah

Mintu Turakhia

Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

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Abstract

The rapid growth in consumer-facing mobile and sensor technologies has created tremendous opportunities for patient-driven personalized health management. The diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias are particularly well suited to benefit from these easily accessible consumer health technologies. In particular, smartphone-based and wrist-worn wearable electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) technology can facilitate relatively inexpensive, long-term rhythm monitoring. Here we review the practical utility of the currently available and emerging mobile health technologies relevant to cardiac arrhythmia care. We discuss the applications of these tools, which vary with respect to diagnostic performance, target populations, and indications. We also highlight that requirements for successful integration into clinical practice require adaptations to regulatory approval, data management, electronic medical record integration, quality oversight, and efforts to minimize the additional burden to health care professionals.

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