2021 ISHNE/HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Collaborative Statement on mHealth in Arrhythmia Management: Digital Medical Tools for Heart Rhythm Professionals: From the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology/Heart Rhythm Society/European Heart Rhythm Association/Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Feb;14(2):e009204. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.009204. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Abstract

This collaborative statement from the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology/Heart Rhythm Society/European Heart Rhythm Association/Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society describes the current status of mobile health technologies in arrhythmia management. The range of digital medical tools and heart rhythm disorders that they may be applied to and clinical decisions that may be enabled are discussed. The facilitation of comorbidity and lifestyle management (increasingly recognized to play a role in heart rhythm disorders) and patient self-management are novel aspects of mobile health. The promises of predictive analytics but also operational challenges in embedding mobile health into routine clinical care are explored.

Keywords: arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; comorbidities; digital medicine; heart rhythm; mHealth.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
  • Consensus*
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / methods*
  • Europe
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Factors
  • Societies, Medical*
  • Telemedicine / standards*