Patients were monitored for 30 days and were included in one of two monitoring arms in the model: The MCOT patch arm where Philips BioTel Heart MCOT was used followed by ILR in undetected AF patients for 30 days, or the ILR arm where ILR served as the only monitoring tool. Ma2:40 pm EKG ( electrocardiogram) is the simplest and quickest way to diagnose any cardiovascular complications. “This new research confirms that using Philips BioTel Heart MCOT as the first line of evaluation is more cost-effective and can provide the level of diagnostic confidence needed to help detect and diagnose atrial fibrillation, and potentially prevent a second stroke.” “The diagnostic tools clinicians use to monitor this group of patients play an important role in finding the cause of the stroke and developing a personalised treatment plan,” said Andy Broadway, general manager of ambulatory monitoring and diagnostics at Philips. And for those with detected AF, the cost per patient was significantly lower when using the MCOT patch followed by ILR (US$ 29,598) than those being monitored with ILR alone (US$228,507). It has wires with silver dollar-sized electrodes that attach to your skin. The device is the size of a small camera. Remote monitoring with Philips MCOT gives physicians access to critical data about patients’ day-to-day life like atrial fibrillation burden, event duration, activity level, and symptoms. The company adds that the BioTel Heart MCOT detected 4.6 times more patients with AF than ILR alone. A Holter monitor is a battery-operated portable device that measures and records your heart’s activity ( ECG) continuously for 24 to 48 hours or longer depending on the type of monitoring used.
According to Philips, the findings revealed that using an MCOT patch followed by ILR in half of patients initially undiagnosed with AF leads to an overall cost-of-care savings of more than US$4 million. The study evaluated a stroke population of 1,000 for one year to assess the differences in costs and outcomes of two monitoring options that are available to clinicians today to help improve patient care and improve efficiencies within the healthcare system.
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