The CONNECT (Clinical Evaluation of Remote Notification to Reduce Time to Clinical Decision) trial: The value of wireless remote monitoring with automatic clinician alerts

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1181-1189

  Crossley, George H ^a   Boyle, Andrew ^b   Vitense, Holly ^c   Chang, Yanping ^c   Mead, R Hardwin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^d SEQUOIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

alerts; cardiac resynchronization therapy; clinician notification; health care economics; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; remote patient monitoring

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952312933     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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