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The development of technology in the healthcare field has rapidly increased in the past decades. More and more devices are invented so that people can monitor their health at the comfort of their home and time. Portable ECG monitors such as Omron's HeartScan is one of them and the prospects are high in the future in this particular field because of the large percentage of population around the world having cardiovascular disease. For that reason different medical device company are competing to produce better quality portable ECG monitors than the other. However these devices are without faults. In a study made by Mehta et. al. (2015), four different portable ECG monitors and/or devices were tested and compared to the traditional ECG machine. They concluded that the portable ECGs were disappointing and the results were uninterpretable compared to the normal cardiac monitor strips. However, among all of the portable devices doctors found out that Omron HCG -801 has the best quality of rhythm strips. In the same study done by Mehta etMehta et.al (2015), they found out that patients are more keen to use portable ECGs if their doctors or healthcare providers have recommended the use of such devices. Although the sale of portable ECG monitors are targeted for both medical or professional and home use, patients are rather inclined to ask their attending doctors first before buying any medical devices.
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