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Proudly presenting our QC Team

Human verification of Cortrium’s ECG reports is key, and we are proud to have both a inhouse
Quality Control team and inhouse software development – read how this benefits health care
professionals and ensure deliver of high quality reports.    

 

Besides using novel technology and advanced algorithms, Cortrium also rely on human specialists, and this is why the QC team or Quality Control team is such an important part of our service.

Humans vs. algorithms

While our algorithms analyse the data, used to generate the reports, each report is thoroughly  checked and verified by at least one cardiology specialist before it is delivered to our customer.

Cortrium’s QC team consists of cardiology specialists with different backgrounds, such as Cardiologist, Cardiology Nurses, Paramedic and Lab and Cardiac Technicians. They all, contribute with their cardiology experience and together they have close to 200 years of experience in this field.

Inhouse development

 

Additionally, Cortrium’s inhouse QC team collaborates closely with the inhouse software development team, and there are literally no barriers between ideas to development. As a result, the software development is faster and new features target healthcare professionals and their needs.

The QC team are constantly feeding back valuable knowledge and data to the software development team to improve the algorithm development for future analyses and reports.

Sparring and learning

 

But it is not just the algorithm and software that benefit from the vast experience in the QC team. The QC teamin Cortrium has daily conferences and sparring where special cases of complex arrhythmias are discussed and evaluated by the entire team in order to develop their skills even further. As a result, complex cases and reports are often evaluated by several from the QC team before it is sent to the customer.  

 

Passion and drivers

 

Meanwhile, one important factor not mentioned is the passion and dedication which drives the QC team members in Cortrium. They all go to work every day because detecting heart arrhythmias and preventing strokes is what really motivates them – being part of making ECG easy in order to benefit and support as many health care professionals as possible and ensuring each patients get the right treatment.