Purchasing a holter system that suits the specific needs of your medical practice isn't easy. While cost and a number of technical specifications should be considered there are a number of factors that may not be obvious when shopping around for a holter system. Consider some of the following suggestions for purchasing the holter system right for your medical practice.
1. Time and heart-rate display, full disclosure, and pacemaker analysis should be included on the holter system that you purchase. These features will assist the user in obtaining all of the needed data for each test.
2. For the most efficient scans possible, the system should be reading recordings at 60-240 times the recording speed.
3. A holter system with an electronic interface on the scanner will enable a recorder to receive transferred data from the scanner. This will allow information to be recorded easily and efficiently.
4. For all types of beats -regardless of whether they are normal, ventricular, and supraventricular - the reports should indicate total beats and a beat per hour.
5. The following features are required features of any system you are considering purchasing: an arrhythmia detection indicator, ST segment analysis capability, trend graphs for the R.R interval, ST segment deviation, and ventricular beats. Do not purchase a holter system if they do not have these features.
6. The following data should appear on the patient's strip for record purposes: the time, patient identification, heart rate, and arrhythmias; full disclosure must be expanded on the strip.
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