The CARDIOLOGY app allows physicians to view real time stats of patients on mobile devices no matter where the patient is located. HCA was one of the first hospital groups to integrate AirStrip's healthcare app with its hospitals.
“AirStrip is a leading innovator that we have worked with for several years,” said R. Milton Johnson, HCA’s President and Chief Financial Officer. “Our collaboration with AirStrip promotes quality patient care by offering physicians the latest technology to access real-time patient data on mobile devices, while our investment facilitates the expansion of AirStrip’s platform and capability. We are pleased that Health Insight Capital’s investment activities continue to support demonstrated innovators in the healthcare sector.”
Health Insight Capital, a subsidiary of HCA, makes equity investments in early stage companies that are selected to provide innovative solutions for use in HCA’s operations. AirStrip offers a number of apps built on its AppPoint platform that securely send critical patient information from hospital monitoring systems, bedside devices, and electronic health records to a clinician’s mobile device.
The goal is to expand the availability of these products to more physicians and hospitals across the country. The AirStripOB application, widely considered to be the first iPhone medical app, has already been in place at a small number of facilities since 2007, but along with other AirStrip products will soon be able to reach a broader spectrum within the HCA network thanks to this new deal.
You can watch a demonstration of the CARDIOLOGY app in the video below. CARDIOLOGY digitizes and mobilizes 12- and 15- lead waveforms and measurements to support enhanced analytics, easier visual interpretation, and serial presentation of current and historic tracings.