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This reminds me of the AliveCor device, which excites and frustrates me. I'm excited because I'm hopeful that when such monitoring becomes dirt cheap and unobtr
by mcculley 13y ago
This reminds me of the AliveCor device, which excites and frustrates me. I'm excited because I'm hopeful that when such monitoring becomes dirt cheap and unobtrusive, people might find conditions earlier and have a better chance to treat them. I'm frustrated because in the U.S. it currently requires a prescription from a doctor to buy one. This feels like regulatory nonsense to me. It seems like an obviously low risk that this could do any harm.
I'm a bit hopeful it will go on sale in some other country soon that doesn't require a prescription and I can have one shipped to me.
- alphaoverlord 13y agoI got one for free for a demo and while it was interesting, I can't think of a good use case. A single lead ECG is not useful for much more than heart rate, and there are already many interesting ways to get that ( light sensor on phone ) that i dont know if it has much more utility from extra hardware. Perhaps if you have lqts, it can flag it but otherwise very very few usecases.