{"id":11520,"date":"2018-09-17T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11520"},"modified":"2018-09-17T11:32:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:32:30","slug":"apple-watchs-ecg-could-prompt-unneeded-medical-visits-cardiologists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11520","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch&#8217;s ECG could prompt unneeded medical visits, cardiologists say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Spitzer for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Apple is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/supply-chain\/apple-watch-fda-cleared-for-electrocardiogram-screening.html\">ramping up<\/a>\u00a0its stock in the healthcare industry by adding an electrocardiogram monitor to the Apple Watch Series 4, but the move has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/healthcare-information-technology\/apple-s-latest-ecg-monitoring-watch-11-things-to-know.html\">left<\/a>\u00a0many cardiologists concerned about putting the powerful tech around consumers&#8217; wrists. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/healthcare-information-technology\/apple-watch-s-ecg-could-prompt-unneeded-medical-visits-cardiologists-say.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11522\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/dreamstime_m_120765857smart-watch-ekg-senior-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Julie Spitzer for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Apple is\u00a0ramping up\u00a0its stock in the healthcare industry by adding an electrocardiogram monitor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11520"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11524,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11520\/revisions\/11524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}