In a world where real-time communication is increasingly common, it seems incongruous that a high-risk cardiac patient wait more than a week for the ECG data recorded on an event monitor or Holter monitor to be processed and analyzed.
CardioNet Inc.
Entrepreneur Jim Sweeney, credited with founding the home infusion therapy industry, heads up CardioNet Inc., a start-up that aims to provide real-time cardiac monitoring, so patients can get prompter treatment. The CardioNet system senses and transmits cardiac events automatically, an important feature, since 40% of heart attack victims aren't even aware that they are experiencing some form of life-threatening event.