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Digital Health brings opportunities to advance patient care but also new challenges. In addition to a marked increase in data volume in the clinical space and increased patient involvement in care, digital technology’s role in the care space has changed. This also allows enormous opportunities for early detection and preventing clinical problems, particularly for patients with an implanted cardiac device—when data and new digital technologies are optimally managed.

Women’s History Month is the perfect time to celebrate the incredible achievements of the women who have shaped the field of cardiology.

Biotronik’s Chief Procurement Officer Takes a Look at the New Statutory Regulations

With 2023 upon us, BIOTRONIK employees are no exception to the kind of motivated goal-setting we often see at this time of year. Whether it’s more sports, a more mindful approach to everyday life, or to quit smoking—it’s important to have as much support as possible. That’s why BIOTRONIK’s Health Program 2023 will work to empower employees to achieve their health-related goals. 2023’s edition places a special focus on improving mental health at work, alongside the company’s work to promote physical health.

While in office as US Vice-President, Dick Cheney had the remote monitoring function of his pacemaker turned off over concerns a malicious hacker could access his device. In 2012, an episode of the TV drama Homeland depicts a faraway terrorist hacking into the fictional US Vice-President’s pacemaker and assassinating him. It may have made for thrilling TV, but is successful malicious hacking of a cardiac device possible in real life?

BIOTRONIK Employees Share Their Experiences as Relatives of Cardiac Patients

More than 1.7 million cardiac implantable electronic devices are implanted worldwide each year. Young implant wearers in particular have many questions about whether and how their life will change after the procedure. One of the most important ones: whether and to what extent they can practice sports again. Media coverage of the Danish professional soccer player Christian Eriksen, who had an ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) implanted after collapsing during an international match, has further increased interest in the interaction between cardiovascular diseases and sport.

Rolf Opuchlich has been with the BIOTRONIK Quality Team since 1997. In 2020, he received his own device. Despite knowing just about everything there is to know about the defibrillator he now wears, on his first vacation after getting his implant he was still a bit restless. “I was fairly nervous that first time,” says Rolf looking back at his first flight with his ICD after implantation. “Even though I know our devices well and had everything I needed with me.”

Continuing a company tradition that started a decade ago, BIOTRONIK employees at the company’s headquarters mounted their bicycles in early July to race through Berlin as a team during VeloCity Berlin—an event that sees teams come together for either a 60km race or a 90km race through the German capital.