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
by AgileMD
Early warning software that scores hospitalized ward patients for risk of deterioration from EHR data, for use by trained clinicians.
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
Zio
- Wear-and-send patch with technician-reviewed reports
- 18 FDA 510(k) clearances, newest May 2026
- Billed to payers through Medicare-enrolled IDTFs
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
eCART
56of 100
Zio
69of 100
| Dimension | eCART | Zio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDA clearance | 12 / 12 | 12 / 12 | 0 |
| HIPAA / SOC2 / BAA | 10 / 10 | 0 / 10 | +10 |
| EHR integrations (count) | 0 / 5.6 | 0 / 5.6 | 0 |
| Top-3 EHR coverage (Epic / Oracle / Athena) | 0 / 4.8 | 0 / 4.8 | 0 |
| Bidirectional write-back | 0 / 1.2 | 0 / 1.2 | 0 |
| Peer-reviewed papers | 21 / 21 | 21 / 21 | 0 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 9 | 9 / 9 | -9 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 3 / 12 | 8.4 / 12 | -5.4 |
| Pricing transparency | 1.3 / 2.5 | 1.3 / 2.5 | 0 |
| Years in market | 0 / 6 | 6 / 6 | -6 |
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Pricing
eCART
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. There is no pricing page; the site offers a demo request only. |
Zio
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | No public price. |
Evidence
eCART
FDA decisions
K233253 (opens in new tab)510(k)2024-06-21
eCARTv5 Clinical Deterioration Suite (eCART)
Peer-reviewed
5 PubMed records name eCART.
- Early Warning Scores With and Without Artificial Intelligence. (opens in new tab)
- Multicenter Development and Prospective Validation of eCARTv5: A Gradient Boosted Machine Learning Early Warning Score. (opens in new tab)
- DETERIO-LLM: enhancing traditional deterioration risk scores with clinical context and advanced reasoning. (opens in new tab)
Zio
FDA decisions
K252859 (opens in new tab)510(k)2026-05-29
ZEUS Platform (FG0501US, DQK)
K243650 (opens in new tab)510(k)2025-08-15
Zio monitor (DFG0001)
K240177 (opens in new tab)510(k)2024-10-30
Zio AT device (A100A1001, DSI)
K240029 (opens in new tab)510(k)2024-10-21
Zio AT device (A100A1001, QYX)
K222389 (opens in new tab)510(k)2023-02-15
ZEUS System
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K213409 (opens in new tab)510(k)2022-07-19
ZEUS System (Zio Watch)
K202359 (opens in new tab)510(k)2021-05-21
Zio Monitor
K202527 (opens in new tab)510(k)2021-05-21
ZEUS System
K190593 (opens in new tab)510(k)2019-08-23
Zio XT ECG Monitoring System, Zio AT
K181502 (opens in new tab)510(k)2018-08-29
Zio AT ECG Monitoring System, ZEUS System
K163512 (opens in new tab)510(k)2017-06-02
Zio AT ECG Monitoring System
K143513 (opens in new tab)510(k)2015-06-19
ZIO SR ECG Monitoring Service
K142681 (opens in new tab)510(k)2014-11-21
ZEUS System
K121319 (opens in new tab)510(k)2012-07-18
ZIO PATCH
K113862 (opens in new tab)510(k)2012-02-06
ZIO PATCH
K091075 (opens in new tab)510(k)2009-07-21
ZEUS (ZIO ECG UTILIZATION SERVICE) SYSTEM
K090363 (opens in new tab)510(k)2009-05-08
ZIO PATCH Z100
K081471 (opens in new tab)510(k)2008-06-24
ECARD AND CCARD
Peer-reviewed
5 PubMed records name Zio.
- Physical activity cut-points for older adults using the Zio XT onboard accelerometer. (opens in new tab)
- Validation of a Zio XT Patch Accelerometer for the Objective Assessment of Physical Activity in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. (opens in new tab)
- Zio® XT Patches in Pediatrics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparisons Between In-Person and Mail-Home Application. (opens in new tab)
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | eCART | Zio |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Not specified | Not specified |
| Founded | n/a | 2006 |
| HQ | US | US |
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