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PHYSICIAN REPORTS
Three types of reports may be issued to physicians during monitoring:
• Daily Telemetry Reports: sent every 24 hours for all patients, which contains sample strips
of arrhythmias detected and patient-reported symptoms, heart rate and AF frequency and
duration data.
• Urgent Reports: issued when an event occurs that the physician has defined as urgent.
• Summary Reports: Provides a summary of all billable days of service.
Physician reports are available by fax or through PEMS, CardioNet’s Internet-based patient
management system. For information or in-service on PEMS, please contact your CardioNet
Account Representative.
The CardioNet Monitoring Center is staffed with highly qualified and experienced cardiac
monitoring specialists. At a minimum, all monitoring specialists are CCT certified. They have
experience in cardiovascular monitoring, hospital based C.C.U. and I.C.U. telemetry, and/ or
emergency medical services.
As a Medicare provider, CardioNet is licensed as an Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility
(IDTF).
The CardioNet monitoring specialists serve a vital role in continuously analyzing and
responding to arrhythmic events. The monitoring specialists provide a thorough preliminary
analysis of the patient’s ECG to insure that the initial interpretation is accurate and presented in
the appropriate time and manner as requested by the physician.
Calls may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance. CardioNet requires that all
monitoring specialists participate in additional training and educational programs. A
continuous QA process with independent oversight has been established for all facets of the
service center operation.
The monitoring specialists, based on defined physician guidelines, prepare Daily Telemetry
Reports for final physician review and interpretation.
The CardioNet Monitoring Center continuously analyzes events, responds appropriately, and
issues telemetry reports 24/7/365.