Groundbreaking phone-based cardiovascular disease platform passes major landmark in sign of increasing adoption - Digital Health Technology News

DMZ – RESEARCH ¦ Sarah Koller ¦ Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have been under immense pressure worldwide. The highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus spread rapidly and led to a global health crisis. While COVID-19 is mainly known as respiratory disease, it became increasingly clear that the virus can also have significant effects on the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular risks in COVID-19 COVID-19 patients have a sig…

Groundbreaking phone-based cardiovascular disease platform passes major landmark in sign of increasing adoption - Digital Health Technology News

PocDoc’s ‘Healthy Heart Check’ is increasingly becoming a preferred choice for the healthcare system as it scales screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD) across the UK In a sign of the Healthy Heart Check’s growing success, PocDoc is now the leading generator of QRISK3 scores – a measure for assessing the likelihood of an individual having a heart attack or stroke – in communities, workplaces and homes in the UK Steve Roest, Co-Founder and CE…