Every Second Counts: The New AI-Based Heart Attack Alert System
Every Second Counts: The New AI-Based Heart Attack Alert System
Source: Medical News , Oct 8, 2025
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1. New AI Tool:
The company Viz.ai has launched a new digital platform called Viz ACS to improve how doctors and emergency teams respond to heart attacks (acute coronary syndromes).
2. Team Connection in Real Time:
The system connects ambulance teams, emergency doctors, and heart specialists instantly — so everyone can see the same patient data at the same time.
3. Access to ECGs and Images:
Doctors can view electrocardiograms (ECGs), heart images, and other information directly on their phones or computers.
The system is fully secure and HIPAA-compliant — meaning it follows U.S. laws that protect patient privacy.
4. Faster Decision and Cath Lab Activation:
When a heart attack is suspected, the emergency doctor can contact the on-call cardiologist through the app. The cardiologist can then decide immediately whether to open the cath lab, saving precious minutes.
5. Real Benefits in Practice:
Dr. Gregory Means, an interventional cardiologist at Novant Health—a non-profit organization administering over 15 hospitals across the United States—highlighted that the this ACS platform enables clear real-time coordination and faster PCI readiness & replaces messy text messages with clear communication — helping doctors act faster and get patients ready for treatment as soon as they arrive.
6. AI Across Cardiology:
Dr. Andrew Ibrahim (Viz.ai) noted that the company first used this approach in stroke care, and now applies it to cardiology, making hospitals faster and better connected.
7. Main Goal:
The message is simple — “Every second counts.”
The faster the team acts, the more lives can be saved.
8. Message for Us:
This innovation shows how artificial intelligence can change emergency heart care.
We urgently need to guide our own technical and software teams to build a similar smart system — designed for Jordan’s national cardiac protocols and hospitals.
