Doctors & patients are saying about 'A-Fib.com'...

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Dr. Douglas L. Packer, MD, FHRS, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

"Jill and I put you and your work in our prayers every night. What you do to help people through this [A-Fib] process is really incredible."

Jill and Steve Douglas, East Troy, WI

“I really appreciate all the information on your website as it allows me to be a better informed patient and to know what questions to ask my EP.

Faye Spencer, Boise, ID, April 2017

“I think your site has helped a lot of patients.”

Dr. Hugh G. Calkins, MD Johns Hopkins,
Baltimore, MD

Doctors & patients are saying about 'Beat Your A-Fib'...

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Roy Salmon, Patient, A-Fib Free,
Adelaide, Australia

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Pierre Jaïs, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, Haut-Lévêque Hospital, Bordeaux, France

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Dr. Wilber Su,
Cavanaugh Heart Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Ira David Levin, heart patient,
Rome, Italy

"Within the pages of Beat Your A-Fib, Dr. Steve Ryan, PhD, provides a comprehensive guide for persons seeking to find a cure for their Atrial Fibrillation."

Walter Kerwin, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

2026 AF Symposium Spotlight—How Hospitals Are Using AI for Patient Remote Monitoring

Published June 16, 2026

At the 2026 AF Symposium Spotlight Session–New and Emerging Technologies in EP, Dr. Babak Bozorgnia (Lehigh Valley Health Center, Allentown, PA) gave a presentation on using AI (Artificial Intelligence) in actual clinical practice.

Dr. Babak Bozorgnia

His talk “A Practical Guide to AI in EP Remote Monitoring: Workflow, Evidence, and Impact” was unusual in that he did not promote a particular AI system or device. Instead he explained in general the uses and advantages of AI to better help cardiac patients.

Implementing Remote Monitoring

In Allentown, PA, there are 11 hospitals. In caring for their many cardiac patients, they use 8,000 devices (such as heart monitors) which all have to be monitored.

In 2019 the Allentown hospitals implemented remote monitoring.

Current Workflow Problems: The EP doctors and staff were overwhelmed with massive amounts data. With the crush of data, they were unable to consistently maintain services…-> continue to read how this was causing staff burnout among other problems until they turned to an Artificial Intelligent platform->