Sometimes transient or infrequent symptoms indicate potentially dangerous problems. Often these problems do not show up during clinical visits. However, today's advanced technology now allows continuous monitoring of patients outside of the clinical environment. Telemedicine is the term we use to describe the monitoring of patients while they proceed about their daily activities at home or work. Our highly trained staff is on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. Our technicians have the ability to notify the physician or contact emergency medical services if necessary. HeartSafe's Telemedicine program is comprised of the following services:

Event Monitoring
Event monitoring is prescribed by physicians for a 30 day period. Patients activate the recorder when they are having symptoms. Your physician may order this type of monitoring if your symptoms are infrequent and fleeting as with palpitations, chest pain, rapid heart beat, dizziness and lightheadedness. During the daytime when patients have recorded an event, they call our critical care registered nurses to transmit the recording. At night, a toll free number is provided for safety and convenience. The recorder can be programmed for recording as many as five events. It is lightweight, easy-to-use and will assist your physician in treating you.

Telephone Pacemaker Follow-up
Pacemaker follow-up is used to evaluate a patient's pacemaker at regular intervals. Pacemaker follow-up is scheduled at the patient's convenience. A patient transmitter is provided to the patient and the evaluation is done over the phone. The pacemaker's battery, rate, and function are evaluated. A critical care registered nurse will notify your physician should any unusual changes occur with your pacemaker.

Holter Monitoring
Holter monitoring is 24 or 48 hour continuous EKG monitoring for the evaluation of cardiac arrhythmias. Your physician may need to evaluate your heart rhythm when adjusting your cardiac medication. If you have experienced shortness of breath, lightheadedness, loss of consciousness, falls, and irregular heartbeats, your physician may order a holter monitor to determine if your symptoms are cardiac in origin.