How New Mexico Heart Institute improves cardiac monitoring access by 5x.*

The New Mexico Heart Institute/Ardent Health found that using Holter monitors limited its capacity, which reduced patient access and created a backlog. Standardizing on Zio monitors resulted in faster time to diagnosis and treatment without increasing monitoring department staff.

Outcomes included:

CLINICAL

Reduced patient backlog:
Eliminated a 6 week appointment wait time

OPERATIONAL

Productivity of clinical staff increased: 
Less time spent applying monitors, patient volume grew from 50 patients per month to over 800 patients per quarter

FINANCIAL

Increase in procedures:
Performed an estimated 20% more procedures over a 2-year period

*Data on file 2018–2021. Analysis comparing Holter to Zio with no additional staff added. iRhythm Technologies, 2021