Thanks to GeorgeN’s post, I enrolled in UCSF afib study. I am getting either occasional AF or flutter since my September ablation so I qualified. They use Eureka app.
The study came with a new Samsung phone (Loan since I have a iPhone), the Samsung watch and a nifty 30 day monitor which is attached to my chest. It’s a ePatch. It comes with extra supplies, chargers, cables, easy to read instructions, great tech support as well. The patch lasts 14 days and then I UPS it back with the padded envelope and label and put on the second patch. Patch placement was difficult. I had no clue exactly where it went. They gave diagrams to find ones collarbone and go down 3 fingers. But there is wiggle room depending on finger width variations from person to person.
I am posting this to compare the Samsung watch to the iWatch I currently wear. I like the big screen HR on the Samsung. My iWatch is more stylish. The Samsung saves a step from manually scrolling through the widgets and clicking the heart icon. The ekg function shows a clear strip on the watch face on the Samsung but doesn’t automatically diagnose you with AF or NSR. However I had to wet my finger to activate the sensor on the Samsung prior to the ekg strip. I don’t have that step with my iWatch.
Once a day I will be prompt to take a watch reading.
The startup for the study’s app was simple. List meds, how often you are in AF, family history of AF, and a survey asking if I mind being in Af (dud-however I picked the middle choice as a inconvenience ) and how it affects daily life, walking, lifting without being out of breath and to describe with provided choices my first AF...I.e. where were you and the job description of medical staff who informed me I was in AF. ER, doctor’s office, after a holter test, etc.
I hope UCSF benefits from this study.