The Role of Cloud Computing and Seamless Data Transfer Between the Patients and Physicians Through Cardiac Rhythm’s Biosensors

Posted on April 27, 2022

The world of today is about building connections and the biggest asset in achieving that is the Internet. Since its birth, the internet has evolved into a powerhouse of abilities that supports the entirety of the business and commerce in this world. It also provides support to a plethora of mobile phone applications that assist the populace of this planet in many disparate ways.
One such application helps heart patients monitor fluctuations in their heart rate using remote patient monitoring devices. These sensors rely on wireless means of data transmission for their seamless functioning and depend on a compatriot of the internet known as Cloud Computing.



How is Cloud Computing related to Biosensors?

A cloud is a virtual space on the internet that provides simple, scalable access to computing resources and information technology, enabling clients and consumers to access data and applications on the internet from computers, remote servers and databases.
Cloud computing is categorized into 3 basic types of services; infrastructure, platform or software. Either of these services are important for a client that desires to have an online presence. These facilities assist a business to have a universal exposure and also assist the consumers to be able to procure these services at any time and at the push of a button.
The latest cardiac remote patient monitoring devices are designed to be compact and mainly, wireless to facilitate the ease of use by patients. This feature of biosensors requires the power of the internet to function at its optimum level. The data recorded by the heart health monitoring devices are transmitted in near real-time to servers that process this information using AI and machine learning algorithms, to provide an output that can be used by physicians to provide therapy.

Cardiac mobile telemetry devices work on a private cloud service that provides a closed network for the explicit use of a particular client and its targeted consumers. The client develops and maintains its own cloud infrastructure; as it endows an organization with the versatility and convenience that a cloud-based system imparts, while perpetuating the status quo with respect to control, management and security.

Process of Seamless Data Transfers

The power of cloud computing lies in its ability to augment the already overwhelming force of the Internet, and focus it, to realize preselected goals. This is made possible through the process of data transfer that occurs at a blinding pace.

A consumer that uses a client’s software to avail services; which could be through either stand-alone smart-phone application, applications for cloud software, or a website that one logs into through an internet browser, connects them as the “front end” to the “back-end”, which consists of computers, servers and databases, designed to function primarily as a data repository to support and be accessed by the front end.

The communication between these two entities is managed by a centralized server that is designed with protocols to streamline the flow of data. Generally, there is a dedicated server to conduct the activities of an individual application.

Considering the aspect of Cardiac Rhythm’s biosensors, they are designed to monitor a patient’s heart rhythm to detect for episodes of arrhythmia. The data collected from these events is transmitted at near real-time to the HIPAA cloud infrastructure which is powered by a convolutional neural network-based machine learning algorithm to better predict the outcomes of a cardiac event and assist doctors to make the best judgment while treating a patient.

TechIndia, the developer of Cardiac Rhythm, has also created an app for the use of patients, known as MyBeat CRM; that creates an interface between the patient and physician, allowing for efficient data management, eliminating unnecessary, time-consuming paperwork while increasing the rate of reporting. This cloud-based software application delivers an uninterrupted service to a crucial facet of healthcare that is dependent on expedited reporting.

How do Patients and Physicians get Benefitted?

Cloud computing is a tool that has benefited humanity in more ways than one, the most important facet being in the healthcare sector. A few such beneficial characteristics of cloud computing are mentioned as follows:

  • Patients are able to acquire medical treatment at the push of a button. Smartphone applications, such as MyBeat CRM, thin the lines between patient and doctor, allowing for quicker diagnosis through the combined efforts of heart rate monitoring devices, cloud-based infrastructure that runs the neural network and prediction algorithms, applications that serve as an interface, and lastly, the Internet.
  • It is also more economical for patients as they save money on frequent trips to a hospital or a clinic, for routine check-ups. They also save on expensive heart monitoring systems by implementing wearable cardiac remote monitoring devices that work wirelessly using the Internet and the cloud. Hospitals and clinics profit from the reduction of paperwork and become more efficient thanks to cloud computing.
  • Physicians are able to increase their efficiency through the application of cloud computing and its features that supplement its potential. Doctors can receive updates at near real-time from patients and can provide treatment and results on the go, reducing their burden of having to meet patients in person, at the same time, devote attention to critical cases when required.
  • Medical institutions are benefited by the security that the cloud provides as the privacy of patient data is a matter of utmost importance. The medical field also acquires the advantage of AI and machine learning to assist in the diagnosis of complicated ailments. The scalability of the cloud architecture is also another merit for the progressive development of the healthcare sector.

Conclusion

The march of time reveals innovations that continue to strive towards the betterment of the human race. Technology has provided many tools and computers are one such instrument that has a panoply of qualities that have limitless potential. Cloud computing is one such feature of the wizardly world of computers that has and will assist people in more ways than one, with the best being its life-saving abilities.

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