How Wearable ECG Patches Beat Holter Monitors

The Holter monitor has been the gold standard for cardiac arrhythmia detection since the 1950s. But in the past two years, single-use wearable ECG patches have quietly overtaken it in both diagnostic yield and patient compliance. This episode unpacks the numbers: a 2024 JAMA study showing patches detect 23% more arrhythmias than Holters, and how companies like iRhythm (Zio patch) and Mayo Clinic spinout Preventice Solutions drove the shift. Lucas and Luna explore why adhesive patches with 14-day wear time capture events Holters miss, how reimbursement changed after the CMS expanded CPT codes for extended monitoring in 2023, and what this means for the $7 billion ambulatory cardiac monitoring market. Specific, grounded, and forward-looking. #WearableECG #HolterMonitor #iRhythm #ZioPatch #PreventiceSolutions #CardiacMonitoring #Arrhythmia #DigitalHealth #Diagnostics #JAMA #CMS #Reimbursement #HealthcareInnovation #MedTech #WearableTech #ClinicalValidation #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo