CareLink Home Monitoring

Overview

Development stage

DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.

High-impact designation

High-impactSource: a) High-impact

Impact justification

Not reported

Start date

Not reported

Withheld from public reporting

Not reported

Mission

Topic area

Health and Medical

Operational functions

Clinical and medical Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Address high frequency of false positive alerts in patients with implanted Medtronic electrocardiogram (EKG) loop recorders

Expected benefits

Minimize work related to the review of false positive alert transmissions.

System outputs

Filters out false positive loop recorder transmissions: the CareLink home monitoring system collects data, transmitted by patients with implanted cardiac monitors from their homes, for review by clinicians on a password protected Web page. Transmissions are made by the monitors when certain criteria are met, suggesting an important heart rhythm abnormality is present. A proprietary industry-created AI system evaluates the transmitted data and classifies the findings that triggered the transmissions as true arrhythmias or false positives. The home monitoring system for Carelink Reveal Linq and Linq II uses AI deep learning algorithms, flowing into the CareLink network, to remove false Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and false pause episodes.

Technology

AI classification

Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

No

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor

Vendor (as reported)

Not reported

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

Not reported

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

Not reported

Demographic features

Not reported

Training and evaluation data

Not reported

Federal Data Catalog

Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported