For cardiology clinics

The exam is done on the device. The work starts after it.

In cardiology, much of the routine revolves around exams produced by devices: ECGs, Holter monitoring, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, stress tests. Between the device, the report and the patient there is a path that tends to be more manual than it should be.

Talk about my operation ↗

The setting

How the routine usually works.

In a cardiology clinic, each device often comes with its own software, installed on a specific computer, with its own way of exporting results. The ECG comes out on paper or as a file someone has to rename. Holter and blood pressure recordings are downloaded on another machine, analyzed in another program and reported somewhere else again.

After the report comes delivery: print, scan, send by email or WhatsApp, keep a copy. And months later, find the same patient’s previous exam to compare it with the new one.

None of these steps is hard on its own. The weight is in the repetition: for every exam, someone on the team walks the same path again, and the patient’s history ends up scattered across paper, local folders and inboxes.

Where the operation gets stuck

The pain points we see most.

Paper and printing for every exam

When the workflow depends on printing the tracing, paper and printing costs rise with exam volume, and the physical archive keeps growing.

Files with no naming standard

Exams saved under generic names, in different folders on each machine, make it hard to find the right result when the patient comes back.

Reports waiting on someone

The tracing is ready, but it only reaches the physician when someone moves it, and only reaches the patient when someone sends it.

Devices cut off from everything else

Each piece of equipment has its own software, and none of it talks to the schedule, the patient record or the channel used to deliver results.

History that’s hard to compare

Putting today’s electrocardiogram next to the previous one means searching in more than one place, when it should be a click away.

It makes sense when…

Signs it’s time to look at the technology.

Not every operation needs a project right now. These are the signs that usually mean a diagnosis is worth it.

It makes sense when:

The clinic performs ECGs, Holter monitoring, blood pressure monitoring or stress tests on a regular basis.
Results still go through the printer before they reach the patient.
Each device sits on a different computer, with its own way of saving files.
The team spends time renaming, organizing and sending exams.
Finding a patient’s older exams depends on who filed them.
Cardiologists report from more than one location or remotely.

Where the diagnosis comes in

Understand first. Then build.

In cardiology, the diagnosis usually starts with the path of the exam: what the device produces, where the file ends up, who moves it, how the report is written and how the result reaches the patient. That’s how the ECG case went: the device was already doing its part, and what weighed on the practice was the paper trail between the device and the file. We assess the integration possibilities of each device and each piece of software before proposing any automation.

The first conversation is free; the full diagnosis, with the Technology Evolution Map, is a paid service, remote or on-site by arrangement.

See how the diagnosis works ↗

Case

A real problem, from diagnosis to result.

Cardiology · Lins, São Paulo, Brazil

Paperless ECGs: from the machine straight to PDF

A cardiologist was paying for paper and printing on every ECG. An automation connected to the machine now saves each exam as a PDF and files it by patient.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions.

Can exams from any ECG, Holter or blood pressure monitoring device be automated?

It depends on the device and the software that comes with it. Some export files in a way that allows direct automation; others need a workaround. That’s why we assess the integration possibilities of each piece of equipment before promising anything.

Does automation change the way the physician performs the exam?

The aim is that it doesn’t. In the ECG case, the decision was to automate the path from the device to a PDF file without changing how the physician works: what changes is what happens after the exam.

How are the exams organized afterwards?

That’s decided with the clinic. In the ECG case, each PDF is filed under the patient’s name, in folders by year and month, so the history stays organized.

Can results reach the patient without someone sending them by hand?

Often, yes, as long as the report sign-off is clearly defined and delivery has the care health data calls for. How that delivery works comes out of the diagnosis, worked out with the physician and the team.

My clinic only has a few devices. Does it still make sense?

It does when the repetition adds up. A single device used every day can already create enough rework to justify an automation. The first conversation is where we assess that.

Shall we understand your operation?

The next step for your technology starts with a conversation.

You know your business, your processes and the challenges you face every day. We can help you understand how technology can respond to those needs.

Tell us what's happening in your operation. We'll talk through the context, identify possibilities and assess how Diagium can help.

You don't need to arrive with a defined solution.

We start by understanding the problem.

We take on a limited number of new projects each quarter.