Data-driven insights from cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) can revolutionize research, leading to transformative discoveries in the healthcare field.
In the ever-evolving healthcare field, the ability to collect and analyze data is paramount for healthcare providers and researchers. Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are vital in monitoring patients with cardiac conditions. Leveraging remote monitoring (RM) to harness the vast amounts of data generated by these devices offer benefits that are far-reaching. In addition to improving safety for the individual patient, RM is a powerful research tool that can deliver information from an enormous number of patients, providing the scientific community with important data regarding cardiac events safety.1
By collaborating with third-party remote monitoring platforms, researchers and clinicians can explore numerous research fields with greater precision and depth. They can investigate the efficacy of different treatment strategies, identify factors contributing to adverse events, and develop innovative interventions tailored to individual patients. For instance, through advanced data analytics, Implicity’s platform can identify various changes in a patient’s heart status, facilitating early detection of potential complications and timely interventions.
Remote monitoring solutions like that offered by Implicity help to address the growing need to harness complex CIED data for clinical research by aggregating it into useful, actionable information for researchers.
Raw Data for Research
Accessing automatically synced raw data from CIEDs eliminates the need for manual data extraction and provides researchers with unprecedented immediacy in data availability. By obtaining raw data from CIEDs, healthcare providers can delve into the intricacies of device performance, patient-specific parameters, and other vital information. This access to data enables quick identification of trends, anomalies, and patterns, ultimately leading to timely interventions and improved patient outcomes.
Normalized Patient Data Across Manufacturers
One of the challenges in cardiac research is the heterogeneity of CIEDs produced by different manufacturers. Each manufacturer may use proprietary data formats and structures, making comparing and analyzing data across different devices difficult. Implicity overcomes this hurdle by normalizing patient data across various CIED manufacturers. Harmonizing the data allows researchers to seamlessly compare and combine datasets for comprehensive analysis. This unified approach to data integration promotes collaboration, facilitates larger sample sizes, and enhances the statistical power of research studies.
Customized Electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs)
The Implicity research feature provides customized electronic Case Report Forms (eCRFs) to facilitate data collection for research purposes. These eCRFs can be tailored to specific research protocols, ensuring standardized data collection across multiple sites. By streamlining data collection processes, the tool minimizes errors, enhances data quality, and simplifies data analysis. Researchers can easily capture the required variables, monitor study progress, and adjust and optimize data collection efficiency.
Patient Consent Tracking
Respecting patient privacy and ensuring informed consent is crucial in any research endeavor. Implicity incorporates a patient consent tracking feature that enables healthcare providers to manage and monitor patient consent in real-time. This ensures compliance with ethical and legal requirements, provides transparency to patients, and protects their rights. Researchers can easily track and manage consent status throughout the study, ensuring the privacy and autonomy of study participants.
Leveraging data from CIEDs is crucial in advancing cardiac research. Partnering with platforms like Implicity opens new doors for exploring research fields, conducting clinical studies, and ultimately improving patient outcomes.
By: Megan Grosz
1Lappegård KT, Moe F. Remote Monitoring of CIEDs-For Both Safety, Economy and Convenience? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 28;19(1):312. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010312. PMID: 35010572; PMCID: PMC8751026.