WESTON, Fla. – A survey released by Cleveland Clinic Thursday reveals how people are using technology to improve heart health.
It found that 50 percent of Americans use at least one type of wearable device to monitor changes in heart rhythm and blood pressure.
“Usually this data will allow you to provide a good amount of representation about what patients are doing at home so for example if you’re trying to determine if someone has high blood pressure or not, these devices are often time able to automatically record these variables and when a patient presents themselves as opposed to having an isolated reading in a doctor’s office, they’re able to provide a wealth of data,” said Dr. Yasser Rodriguez, an electrophysiologist with Cleveland Clinic Weston.
53 percent of survey respondents also said the devices help them to exercise more regularly.
EFFORT FOCUSES ON C.P.R. TRAINING
The South Florida Chapter of the American Heart Association has joined forces with the Miami Marlins and loanDepot Park to encourage C.P.R. training.
They’ve installed a special hands-on kiosk at the stadium which provides instruction in both English and Spanish to kick off the Caribbean Series.
“They’re expecting half a million people to come in during this series and so the reach of this kiosk will go beyond our South Florida walls,” said Marisol Garcia, Executive Director of the Greater Miami-Fort Lauderdale American Heart Association.
Garcia said this is the only bilingual C.P.R. kiosk in the world.
It will be at the baseball stadium from Thursday through Feb. 15., when the series concludes.