EP 943B - A Toilet Seat That Can Predict Heart Trouble




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Summary: Thanks to new technology, a toilet may be all it takes to keep you out of the hospital.For heart failure patients, readmission is common. Within 30 days of hospital discharge, 25% of patients come back, and after 90 days, 45% come back. But, thanks to new technology, a toilet may be all it takes to keep you out of the hospital. Nicholas Conn, CEO and founder of Heart Health Intelligence, shares how his invention—a toilet seat with a single EKG—can help detect complications before a patient is even symptomatic. This type of seamless in-home monitoring can lead to earlier, simpler interventions, such as a short office visit or drug change rather than a hospital visit. Tune in to learn when people with heart failure will be able to use the product, plus what other conditions it may soon be able to detect. Bonus Should You Google Your Symptoms?