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Interesting quote from a company providing such services:

"The Remote Health Monitoring System is the IT backbone that supports HealthFrontier’s entire portfolio of solutions, including the ecg@home™ and the microtel™/ecgAnywhere™. It captures data transmitted by the patient through USB, Bluetooth, or trans-telephonically. The RHMS™ then stores the information in a database, which can be accessed by the patient’s doctor through a web-based interface. Benefits include:

Cloud computing: The RHMS is hosted on a network of servers across the US, which increases reliability and eliminates the need for a large capital investment in on-site hardware and maintenance."

http://www.healthfrontier.com/rhms.php

How many other companies provide home ECG monitoring which report over the web? I'm looking but having a hard time finding more. I will update this post as I do.

[UPDATE] Other Home-based ECG monitoring services:

Medtronic CareLink: http://www.medtronic.com/your-health/heart-failure/device/ca...

[UPDATE] A more complete listing: http://www.medcompare.com/matrix/1475/Outpatient-Cardiac-Mon...

My uncle owns a few elder care franchises and had me look into monitoring services as a funemployment project. So I've spent a bit more time with this than I'd like to admit...

The company I was most impressed with was http://www.halomonitoring.com . The device seems to be designed well and the monitoring services (online portal for caregivers or family members) are impressive, comparatively.

There's kind of a sea change happening with home health monitoring -- from the "I've fallen and can't get up" devices to more robust and interactive solutions. GE recently bought a company that provides institutional monitoring equipment and services.

Lemme know if you want the full report :)

This is very popular. There are several products that take ECG samples at timed intervals and submit them in several different ways.

In addition these devices can be used to take 12-lead EKG measurements in transit (e.g. inside the ambulance) and send them to the doctor for analysis before the patient arrives.

I'm very surprised that they're hosting these services on EC2. The company I worked for recently finished building a huge highly-redundant data center specifically designed for hosting this kind of medically-sensitive information. I'm willing to bet it was a bit more fortified than even Amazon's.

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