EKG Monitoring

We think that EKG screening can be as approachable as taking blood pressure - Judy Wade, AliveCor President and CEO

EKG Monitoring
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Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG

Think of the stereotypical representations of medicine, as they might appear on a television show: the crisp white coat, of course, and the stethoscope dangling at the ready. Syringes and intravenous lines, maybe. An X-ray or a CT scan slammed theatrically into a light box.

But any medical scene is incomplete without an electrocardiogram (EKG) machine running in the background, its jagged line tracing across the screen reassuringly, or alarmingly to cue a dramatic threat. The EKG is the backbeat of many hospital scenes on television. Important medical things are happening here, it says.

To tap into that potent association, many private medical practices, urgent-care clinics,…

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 Smartwatches Are Changing the Purpose of the EKG

Now that EKGs are making their way into smartwatches, their symbolic purpose could risk overtaking their medical one.

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