CardioNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAT) announced today that the 300,000th
patient has been monitored with the Company’s Mobile Cardiac Outpatient
Telemetry (MCOT™) service. MCOT is the first system to provide real-time
wireless ECG monitoring and 24/7/365 analysis and response.
“The ability to immediately detect a cardiac arrhythmia and then closely
monitor the patient for repeat occurrences provides numerous treatment
advantages, not the least of which is giving the cardiologist an
opportunity to address the condition before it causes a more severe,
potentially irreparable outcome”
Randy Thurman, CardioNet Chairman, President and CEO, commented, “With
300,000 patients having now benefited from our MCOT service, it is
evident that an increasing number of physicians view real-time, 24/7
monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias as crucial to identifying and
preventing life-threatening cardiac-related events such as stroke. The
continued availability and adoption of MCOT also brings value to the
entire healthcare continuum as it enables physicians to manage
arrhythmias before they manifest into more severe conditions that demand
significantly greater costs and resources to treat.”