Use of Device Diagnostics in the Outpatient Management of Heart Failure

Improving Patient Experience with Spinal Cord Stimulation: Implications of Position-Related Changes in Neurostimulation

“…In addition to use in therapy adaptation, patient activity data stored in medical devices has proven valuable in diagnosing and assessing patient status as well as in educating patients on self‐care (23,28–30). Braunschweig et al.…”

Devices for Following Heart Failure Patients

“…Implementing a clinical practice routine that regularly utilizes implantable device information to aid management of heart failure patients requires cooperation between electrophysiologists and heart failure providers [47]. In most traditional cardiology practices, electrophysiologists or pacemaker clinics are responsible for obtaining and monitoring device information.…”

Device Diagnostics for Heart Failure: Identifying Eligible Patients

“…This creates a significant economic burden on the health care system, resulting in nearly $27 billion in health care expenditures annually 3 . For individual nurses and physicians, patients with HF present a complex clinical picture, often with multiple comorbidities; whose course may include episodes of acute decompensation frequently requiring hospitalization 1,2,4,5 …”

“…With device diagnostics, nurses and other clinicians no longer have to solely rely on subjective assessments; they have an objective tool to more closely and effectively help monitor patients 5 . Diagnostic information from devices can help HF clinicians diagnose changes in patients' status, modify or titrate medications, and assess the impact of device or pharmacologic therapy 4,5 . Device diagnostics also have the potential to help identify patients at risk for decompensation 3,5,6,8,11 .…”