Technology
Heart tech on the pulse of mine workers CARDIOSCAN’S SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ARE ENABLING REMOTE MINING OPERATIONS TO ACCESS STATEOF-THE-ART CARDIOLOGY SOLUTIONS.
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ine workers are required to operate in some of the most remote parts of Australia. Thousands of mine employees work in isolated areas such as the Pilbara, which means mine sites are generally on their own to provide facilities for their workforce. With safety as a key priority for the industry, on-site medical services are vital to ensuring workers are cared for. Many of Australia’s mining operations are hours away from the nearest medical clinic. This means miners operating on a fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) basis can work remotely for weeks or months at a time without access to healthcare services. CardioScan’s technology and solutions provide fast and accurate cardiac reporting services that can be used directly on site. This includes Cardioscan’s devices,
reporting software, technical set up, training, clinical resources and support, which are all provided at no upfront cost. You only pay for the service when you complete a test. “CardioScan is a technologyenabled healthcare company focusing on cardiac diagnostics,” CardioScan chief operating officer Josh Casey tells Safe to Work. “We use a range of medical devices, proprietary software and cardiac specialists to provide customers and patients an outcome that is efficient, accurate and of high quality.” Its services come in the form of ECG (electrocardiogram) reporting, extended (ambulatory) blood pressure monitoring, 24-hour Holter testing and BeatBox cloud technology, which can be deployed straight to mine sites. CardioScan’s services are securely cloud-based, meaning that workers can receive accurate cardiac reports
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CardioScan chief operating officer Josh Casey.
in under 24 hours from the time of their test via CardioScan’s portal, called BeatBox. The company has implemented its technology across Australian pathology companies, general practitioner clinics and private hospitals. It has also delivered its services to offshore drill rigs in Australia and New Zealand, demonstrating its remote capabilities. “The technology we’ve built over the past five years has allowed us to give the same level of healthcare to all patients, whether they are in a remote
