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Evaluation of the iHealth Blood Pressure Monitoring System
Author(s) -
Midriff Whitney,
Latman Neal S.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.708.3
Subject(s) - blood pressure , diastole , medicine , cardiology , computer science , biomedical engineering
Self‐monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) at home has several significant advantages compared to blood pressure (BP) monitoring by a clinician in a clinical setting. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a SMBP system, the iHealth, and determine the effectiveness of wirelessly transferring the results via the internet to another site, such as a clinician's office. The iHealth accuracy was determined on 91 subjects, age range 18 to 83, with a systolic BP range of 97 to 171 and diastolic range of 46 to 140 mmHg. The BP of each subject was measured 3 times with the iHealth test device alternating with 3 measurements with the reference instrument, the MABIS SmartSpeed Plus. Accuracy was determined by the ANSI/AAMI SP10:2002/A1:2003 standard. The systolic and diastolic mean difference was −1.9 (S.D.=7.6) and −1.0 (S.D.=4.2) mmHg. Therefore, in this study, the iHealth satisfied the ANSI/AAMI BP accuracy standard for systolic and diastolic of +/− 5 mmHg or less and S.D.=8 or less. The iHealth accurately transmitted the BP data via the attached iPad in 100% of the 150 attempts. In conclusion, the iHealth BP monitor with attached iPad appeared to accurately measure BP and reliably transmit the information over the wireless internet connection in this study.