Remote Patient Monitoring
Diabetes: DexCom wins FDA nod for Smart remote glucose monitor
Digital health: Medtronic launches heart-monitoring patch
Remote monitoring companies join forces for cardiac patients
Remote patient care company Preventice and remote cardiac monitoring devices maker eCardio Diagnostics announced this week that they would join forces and merge sales operations under a new holding company, Preventice Inc.
The new company combines Preventice’s commercially available wireless remote cardiac monitoring systems with eCardio’s national sales force and patient monitoring center.
Covidien’s new agreement takes patient monitoring into homes
Healthsense expands with $10M for remote monitoring
Minnesota remote care company Healthsense is looking to expand its reach with the $10 million in financing, eying opportunities in managed care and home health.
Biotronik study: Remote heart monitoring helps save lives
Home-based heart monitoring could help save lives while reducing the cost of follow-up care for patients with heart failure, according to a new study.
Philips and Salesforce ally on healthcare IT
Medtronic confirms Corventis buy, expects to close this month
CardioMEMS wins FDA approval for its 1st implantable heart monitor, St. Jude goes for the buy
Report: Medtronic to pay $150M for wearable sensor maker Corventis
Updated May 20, 2014, at 2:45 p.m. with comment from Medtronic.