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AliveCor’s Smartphone-Linked ECG First Product Assessed Under UK’s Rapid HTA Pilot

 
• By Eliza Slawther

NICE’s recently launched early value assessment (EVA) pilot has hit a milestone this month, with AliveCor’s KardiaMobile 6L the first product to be given the go-ahead for NHS use in England under the scheme.

KardiaMobile 6L EKG device with an iPhone X
• Source: AliveCor

The KardiaMobile 6L, a portable ECG that wirelessly records and transmits data, is the first to have received a draft recommendation by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) following a rapid assessment from its diagnostics advisory committee. The resulting guidance, once finalized, will see the device offered to certain NHS patients within psychiatric settings on a conditional basis while further data are collected for a full assessment.

The device, which is already used within the NHS for the ambulatory detection of atrial fibrillation, can detect heart problems...

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