System and method for remote ECG data streaming in real-time

1. A system for remote ECG data streaming in real-time, comprising:

a physiological monitor affixed to a chest of a patient or implanted within a patient and comprising a pair of electrodes and a near-field communication chip to encrypt ECG data collected via one or more electrodes on the physiological monitor;

a cloud-based server to establish a continuous connection with the physiological monitor via a wireless transceiver on the physiological monitor and to receive the encrypted ECG data transmitted from the physiological monitor; and

a computing device associated with at least one medical professional to receive the encrypted ECG data transmitted from the cloud-based server in real-time.

2. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a secret key stored on the physiological monitor to encrypt the ECG data.

3. A system according to claim 2 , wherein the secret key is known to the cloud-based server.

4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the physiological monitor performs beat detection using the ECG data.

5. A system according to claim 4 , wherein the cloud-based server performs beat detection.

6. A system according to claim 5 , wherein the cloud-based server compares results of the beat detection from the physiological monitor with results of beat detection from the cloud-based server.

7. A system according to claim 6 , wherein the comparison of the beat detection results is performed daily.

8. A system according to claim 6 , wherein the cloud-based server generates updated parameters for use in the beat detection performance by the physiological monitor.

9. A system according to claim 8 , wherein the cloud-based server transmits the updated parameters to the physiological monitor.

10. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the ECG data is utilized to adjust noise detection parameters for the ECG data.

11. A method for remote ECG data streaming in real-time, comprising:

encrypting ECG data on a physiological monitor affixed to a chest of a patient or implanted in the patient via a near-field communication chip on the physiological monitor, wherein the physiological monitor comprises a pair of electrodes to sense the ECG data;

establishing a continuous connection between the physiological monitor affixed to the patient chest or implanted in the patient and a cloud-based server via a wireless transceiver;

transmitting the encrypted ECG data from the physiological monitor to a cloud-based server; and

transmitting the ECG data from the cloud-based server to a device associated with a medical professional in real-time.

12. A method according to claim 11 , wherein the ECG data is encrypted via a secret key stored on the physiological monitor.

13. A method according to claim 12 , wherein the secret key is known to the cloud-based server.

14. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

performing beat detection on the physiological monitor.

15. A method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

performing beat detection on the cloud-based server.

16. A method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

comparing results of the beat detection from the physiological monitor with results of the beat detection from the cloud-based server.

17. A method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

performing the comparison of the beat detection results daily.

18. A method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

generating updated parameters for the beat detection performed on the physiological monitor and the cloud-based server.

19. A method according to claim 18 , further comprising:

transmitting the updated parameters to the physiological monitor.

20. A method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

utilizing the ECG data to adjust noise detection parameters.