Whether it is improved sensing technologies, the rise of telehealth, or even promoting good lifestyle factors, stopping cardiac issues even happening in the first place is a first port of call for many clinicians. But which is more significant? What’s the way forward? And how do we keep patients with cardiac issues out of the hospital?
Find out more on this week’s episode of Invent Health from TTP.
This Week’s Guests:
Professor Stephen Leslie
Professor Stephen Leslie has been an interventional cardiologist with NHS Highland since 2006, and has research interests that include heart failure and remote and rural service provision. Alongside his clinical work, Stephen is also an honorary professor with The University of the Highlands and Islands and The University of Stirling.
Simon Calcutt
Simon has been a TTP consultant for the past 8 years, and across that time, he’s been working on medical devices from drug delivery to surgical systems and active implantable devices. His current focus is around implantable devices and utilising sensor technology for real time or near real time monitoring, enabling more personalised medicine, remote patient monitoring and improved standards of care, with cardiac health as one of his main specialities.
