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eCART vs Zio

iRhythm sells a service. A patient wears the Zio patch, a deep neural network flags arrhythmias in the cloud, cardiac technicians validate the preliminary findings, and a physician report follows, with 99% physician agreement on end-of-wear reports by the vendor's figure. There is no list price, and billing goes to payers through Medicare-enrolled IDTFs. A cardiology practice or health system ordering ambulatory monitoring is the customer, backed by 18 FDA 510(k) clearances, the newest for the ZEUS Platform in May 2026. The record also carries a May 25, 2023 warning letter, and the FY2025 10-K says FDA issues remain open and that another warning letter, a consent decree or a recall is possible. AgileMD's eCART serves the nursing or quality lead watching inpatient wards, scoring from validated EHR data such as RN-confirmed vitals, with one 510(k) on record.

Decision support · Reviewed November 2, 2026

eCART logo

eCART

by AgileMD

Early warning software that scores hospitalized ward patients for risk of deterioration from EHR data, for use by trained clinicians.

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Zio

by iRhythm Technologies · founded 2006

Zio ECG patch service: a deep-learning algorithm flags arrhythmias, cardiac technicians validate them, and a physician report follows.

When to pick each one

eCART

  • Real-time High, Moderate, Average ward risk score
  • Scores from EHR data already charted
Read the full eCART review

Zio

  • Wear-and-send patch with technician-reviewed reports
  • 18 FDA 510(k) clearances, newest May 2026
  • Billed to payers through Medicare-enrolled IDTFs
Read the full Zio review

Score

Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.

eCART

56of 100

Solid choice

Zio

69of 100

Top-ranked
Score by dimension for eCART and Zio
DimensioneCARTZioDifference
FDA clearance12 / 1212 / 120
HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA10 / 100 / 10+10
EHR integrations (count)0 / 5.60 / 5.60
Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena)0 / 4.80 / 4.80
Bidirectional write-back0 / 1.20 / 1.20
Peer-reviewed papers21 / 2121 / 210
RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review0 / 99 / 9-9
Funding & adoption signal3 / 128.4 / 12-5.4
Pricing transparency1.3 / 2.51.3 / 2.50
Years in market0 / 66 / 6-6

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How scores are computed

Pricing

eCART

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price. There is no pricing page; the site offers a demo request only.

Zio

TierMonthlyAnnualNotes
Enterprisen/an/aNo public price.

Evidence

Zio

FDA decisions

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Peer-reviewed

5 PubMed records name Zio.

Compliance and integrations

Documented from each vendor’s own pages.

SpeceCARTZio
Free tierNo / unverifiedNo / unverified
HIPAAYesNo / unverified
SOC 2 Type IIYesNo / unverified
EHR integrationsNot specifiedNot specified
Foundedn/a2006
HQUSUS

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Common questions

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Differential diagnosis, treatment guidance, drug interactions, evidence-grounded Q&A. The CDS landscape ranges from the UpToDate gold standard to physician-only OpenEvidence. We compared what clinicians actually use.