We offer a range of cutting-edge EKG/ECG machines, meticulously crafted to deliver precise results, streamline workflows, and enhance diagnostic capabilities in your practice.
Whether you're looking to upgrade your existing equipment or invest in the latest technology, our curated collection ensures that you'll find the perfect solution to meet your clinical needs. Shop with confidence and elevate your patient care with our trusted selection of EKG and ECG machines.
Designed with your workflow in mind, the Diagnostic Cardiology Suite includes ECG and spirometry capabilities to help you shorten the path to diagnosis. Built with a flexible platform allowing for critical dual or standalone ECG/EKG diagnostics and/or spirometry exams launched directly from your EMR.
Diagnostic Exams Made Simple
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Designed to meet the demands of high-volume ECG environments in both acute care and physician office environments. The widescreen data layout allows for easy menu navigation, fast entry of patient information, and clear verification of proper electrode connections while providing comprehensive functionality in a portable, touchscreen device.
Designed to Meet Your Clinical Needs
Designed for the primary care practice, the CP 150 ECG helps streamline workflow with EMR connectivity, clinical decision support and full-size printouts. The simple user interface and 7” color touchscreen display lets you easily enter patient data, aiding in increased efficiency while ECG print previews help to reduce unnecessary paper costs.
Experience Simple, Streamlined Resting ECG Testing Solutions
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Whether you're using a paper chart, scanning ECG reports, or otherwise connected to an EMR, the IQecg is designed to improve workflow with seamless access to the patients' chart, reducing manual entry and risk of transcription errors. Features improved screen layouts, color scheme, large ECG display area, and familiar editing tools.
Resting ECG System
This system can help avoid variations in care delivery by standardizing ECG information from the physician office through the hospital.
Henry Schein Medical offers EKG/ECG equipment and products in a wide range of sizes, price points, brands, and features including wireless and portable options. Though pricing will differ based on a variety of factors, EKG/ECG monitors are always an excellent diagnostic investment. Contact a representative today for pricing options.
Our goal is to empower doctors and medical professionals by offering insights that will enable them to confidently respond to inquiries from their patients. By anticipating and answering these questions, we aim to facilitate smoother and more informed conversations between doctors and those seeking insights into their heart health.
An EKG (Electrocardiogram) machine is a vital medical device used to measure and record the electrical activity of the heart over a specific period. This non-invasive test helps health care professionals assess the heart's health, detect irregularities, and diagnose various cardiac conditions. The EKG machine produces a visual representation of the heart's electrical impulses, known as an electrocardiogram, which provides valuable insights into the heart's rhythm and function.
EKG-ECG machines work by detecting and recording the electrical signals generated by the heart during each heartbeat. The process involves placing electrodes on specific areas of the patient's body, typically on the chest, arms, and legs. These electrodes are connected to the EKG machine, which then captures the electrical impulses and translates them into a graphical representation.
The machine produces a series of waves and patterns on the electrocardiogram, each corresponding to a different phase of the cardiac cycle. These patterns include the P-wave, QRS complex, and T-wave, providing information about atrial and ventricular activity, as well as the overall heart rhythm.
Health care professionals analyze these patterns to identify abnormalities, such as irregular heartbeats, heart attacks, or other cardiac conditions. EKG-ECG machines play a crucial role in diagnosing and monitoring heart-related issues, enabling doctors to tailor treatment plans and interventions based on the individual patient's needs.
Though the terms EKG and ECG are often interchanged, they mean the same thing. ECG is the English abbreviation for electrocardiogram while EKG comes from the German word elektrokardiogramm.
The EKG/ECG is a non-invasive test that provides a graphical reading of a patient's heart rhythm. Using wires painlessly attached to the chest (and sometimes limbs) via electrode stickers, physicians can quickly monitor the heart's electrical system.
The ECG/EKG provides physicians with two types of information.1
Physicians will often order an ECG/EKG to help diagnose or monitor existing conditions including:
Each time the heart beats, an electrical impulse/wave travels through the heart. This is what causes the heart muscle to squeeze and pump blood. The EKG/ECG provides the physician with a snapshot of that action and the timing of the top and lower chambers. The strip of patterns created by the EKG/ECG has several components1:
Together, these pattern representations allow a physician to quickly detect any abnormality and begin appropriate treatment.
While cardiac illness dates back centuries, it wasn't until the late 1700's modern society began tracking heartbeats and exploring ways to monitor pulse, albeit without the use of sophisticated equipment. In 1872, Gabriel Lippman invented the capillary electrometer, intended to measure pulse driven voltage changes to the body's surface. Then in 1887, A.D Waller utilized Lippman's invention and recorded the first measurement of a beating heart. Though imperfect, these early scientists and inventors helped pave the way for Willem Einthoven, a Dutch scientist who went on to win the 1924 Nobel Prize in Medicine for inventing the first electrocardiography system for medical diagnosis.2
In the years since, the EKG (also known as ECG) continues to be perfected and remains one of the most powerful investigative tools available in medicine, producing valuable patient insight and helping to save countless lives.
Not every EKG/ECG configuration will be appropriate for your specific needs. And, with so many options including portability, screen size, data storage, power supply, and lead capacity, you may not know where to start. At Henry Schein Medical, our sales representatives and capital equipment specialists stand ready to support you through your purchasing journey. With years of experience matching products to purpose, our team can help walk you through your must-have-list and guide you to the EKG/ECG machine best suited for your practice. They're also a great resource for any questions related to financing, equipment integration, installation, delivery, or product training.
1. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/diagnosing-a-heart-attack/electrocardiogram-ecg-or-ekg 2. https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/flashback_the_first_ecg#:~:text=Willem%20Einthoven%20found%20the%20beat,for%20more%20than%20a%20century