Boston Scientific and GE Healthcare collaborate on medical record system

Boston Scientific and GE Healthcare have revealed the details of the “first integration” of remote device information being input into medical records.

The companies explain that patients with a high risk of sudden cardiac death who are being monitored at home using Boston Scientific’s Latitude technology can now have their clinicians “better manage and track” them, allowing data to be easily updated on their medical records with GE’s Centricity Electronic Medical Record.

Vishal Wanchoo, president and chief executive officer of GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions, said the collaboration represents a “major stepping stone” in creating a “comprehensive patient record” for patients, even if they are at home.

“The ability to collect patient data remotely using Latitude technology and integrating that data, along with historical medical information, within the patient’s electronic medical record should empower physicians to make more accurate decisions at the point of care,” he said.

Boston Scientific’s chief executive officer and president, Jim Tobin, said the Latitude integration project made his company the “undisputed leader in remote patient management”.

Recently, Johnson & Johnson announced it was to begin legal proceedings against Boston Scientific and Abbott Laboratories regarding the acquisition of Guidant.

Johnson & Johnson, which lost the bid for Guidant, said there was a breach of confidential information during the bidding process.