Real-world Characterization and Use of Insertable Cardiac Monitor Remote Programming.

Remote device programming may enable workflow efficiencies and reduce resource strains on clinics as well as patients. Although the remote patient management ecosystem has evolved, several challenges remain, and the role of remote device programming for an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) has yet to be described in a real-world setting. The purpose of this study was to characterize the initial real-world use of remote programming of an ICM. The cohort included 8,238 patients with the LUX-Dx™ ICM (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, MA, USA) during the first year of commercial use, which is also the first year that remote programming was available for an ICM. A descriptive review of reprogramming events revealed that 24% of devices were reprogrammed and that 82% of all reprogramming events occurred remotely. Over 74% of first reprogramming events occurred within the first 30 days following device insertion, and nearly 80% of devices only had 1 reprogramming event. These early data support the hypothesis that remote programming of an ICM is a clinically useful tool that may improve the clinical experience of device programming optimization, especially within the first month following device insertion.