There’s more news coming out of the recent IHE Connectathon in Chicago.

Biotronik, a German manufacturer of cardiac medical devices and remote patient management solutions, has announced it has successfully completed its final interoperability testing process for an Internet-based system for patient and implantable cardiac device information.

At the event, the company tested its implantable device cardiac observation (IDCO) profile and demonstrated its ability to connect to third-party EHR systems and cardiovascular data management systems using defined industry standards. The connecting technology from the BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® system to the EHRs is called BIOTRONIK EHR DataSync®.

According to Jake Langer, President of Biotronik, Inc., “Streamlined connectivity to critical device and lead data is an increasingly important priority for physicians and the broader U.S. healthcare network.”

The new product will enable physicians and hospitals to share data seamlessly, which, the company says, should increase productivity, eliminate redundant medical device management systems and improve clinical decision making and quality of care. In this round of testing, the product connected with widely implemented EHR vendor systems, such as Epic and Medical Micrographics, as well as with emerging and established cardiovascular data management systems.

Implantable cardiac devices are also designed to capture and record information about medical device performance and patient heart rhythms that is vital to patient care. BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® quickly organizes this information and allows data to be sent directly and securely to a clinic’s or a hospital’s EHR system. That data is then available to include in the patient’s personal health record.

The system allows continuous, automatic, wireless remote monitoring of patient and device status with daily updates—all independent from any patient interaction. With immediate access to patient information, physicians can remotely monitor and assess patient device data and determine the level of care needed. Alert notifications can be customized to fit each clinic’s workflow, helping to optimize clinic efficiency.