Drawing upon more than a dozen years of experience, Dr. Rajan Bhatt serves as a cardiologist with Arizona's Spectrum Vein Center. A past president of the UCSD Indian Association, Dr. Rajan Bhatt holds membership in multiple professional organizations, including the American College of Cardiology (ACC).
The ACC's annual Cardiovascular Summit was held in Las Vegas February 22 to 24, 2018. The three-day event featured numerous relevant presentations, one focusing on a new smartphone app that could have benefits for heart attack patients. “Corrie Health” is the first cardiology app developed for Apple's CareKit platform. in addition to educating heart attack patients about heart disease and assisting them through the hospital discharge process, the app syncs with the Apple Watch to count steps and monitor the patient's heart rate. Moreover, Corrie Health keeps track of medications, follow-up appointments, and lifestyle changes that may be required after a heart attack. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center facilitated a study in which 60 hospitalized heart attack patients agreed to use the Corrie Health app for 30 days after discharge. Only 3 percent of patients were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, whereas the regular readmission rate for Johns Hopkins patients is 19 percent.
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February 2022
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