Cardiotrack, a startup which claims to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for predicting and diagnosing cardiac diseases, disorders and ailments has tied up with Columbia Asia Hospitals in Bangalore. The hospital will be using Cardiotrack’s hand-held devices which use a patient’s historical ECG data to predict heart condition. The machine processes this ECG data using AI algorithms for cardiac prediction. Apart from this, the company has an IoT platform which provides cardiac monitoring through Android-based smartphones. The data is captured and shared with both patients and doctors in real-time allowing immediate intervention in case something goes wrong. How it works ECG data of a patient is captured in real-time using 12 leads and the results are displayed on the (handheld) device screen along with the option to take printouts through a Bluetooth connection. The data is stored on cloud along with the additional features to share it with family members and other heart specialists. Cardiac and health data captured by the device is also used for research-based analytics and can be deployed for targeted medical interventions, the company said in a statement. Speaking with MediaNama Avin Agarwal, co-founder of Cardiotrack said that Columbia Asia owned primary clinics will also have the device in their centres. However, it is not clear how ECG data from patients is being used as the only input for the AI to predict heart conditions. Agarwal added that the aim is to ease diagnosis even without a specialist in place. Note that the doctor-to-patient ratio is pretty low in India,…
