MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced results from a clinical trial that showed remote monitoring of implantable cardiac device patients with the company’s CareLink® Network with automatic Medtronic CareAlert® Notifications reduces healthcare utilization costs compared to standard in-office follow-up. Key findings of the CONNECT (Clinical Evaluation of Remote Notification to Reduce Time to Clinical Decision) trial show that remote monitoring reduces the time from a clinically-actionable event to a clinical decision by 79 percent (p<0.001), reduces average length of hospital stay for cardiovascular reasons by 18 percent (0.7 days), and provides estimated costs savings of $1,793 per admission. These study results were published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
