Interpretation of ECG and Other Cardiology Investigations from an Insurance Underwriting Perspective
ECG, the most basic Cardiac investigation, is of paramount importance to Insurance industry, both at Underwriting and Claims stage.
Understanding the need of such a session - knowing pre-issuance medicals numbers rising due to spike in new proposals, this course will be of immense help to your UW & Claims team for efficient risk management.
Even participants who have not yet been exposed to reading an ECG before, will be able to read and decipher an ECG tracing, after the session, enough to diagnose insurance related issues and take decisions. Those who have experience with reading ECG’s will gain insights into the nuances of ECG interpretation all from an UW / claims perspective.
Also includes ECG paper, Basic ECG waves, Parameters of reporting – rate, rhythm, mechanism, axis, individual waves (P,q,R,s,T) and segments (PR, ST, qT); diagnosis Ischemia, Infarct, Heart Blocks, arrhythmias etc.
Understanding the need of such a session - knowing pre-issuance medicals numbers rising due to spike in new proposals, this course will be of immense help to your UW & Claims team for efficient risk management.
Even participants who have not yet been exposed to reading an ECG before, will be able to read and decipher an ECG tracing, after the session, enough to diagnose insurance related issues and take decisions. Those who have experience with reading ECG’s will gain insights into the nuances of ECG interpretation all from an UW / claims perspective.
Also includes ECG paper, Basic ECG waves, Parameters of reporting – rate, rhythm, mechanism, axis, individual waves (P,q,R,s,T) and segments (PR, ST, qT); diagnosis Ischemia, Infarct, Heart Blocks, arrhythmias etc.
Recommended for
Underwriting professionals (both life and health insurance) better evaluate proposals w.r.t.
- physiological abnormalities that do not signify cardio vascular disease
- identifying the pathology and it’s severity
- translating the observed pathology into future risk
- suited for both
- freshers
- experienced
- Claims professionals’ in health insurance to better evaluate claims pertaining to
- Health reimbursement
- Critical illness
- UW at claims stage (life insurance)
- ECG paper, Basic ECG waves, Parameters of reporting – rate, rhythm, mechanism, axis, individual waves (P,q,R,s,T) and segments (PR, ST, qT); diagnosis Ischemia, Infarct, Heart Blocks, arrhythmias etc.
- Even participants who have not yet been exposed to reading an ECG before, will be able to read and decipher an ECG tracing, after the session, enough to diagnose insurance related issues and take decisions. Those who have experience with reading ECG’s will gain insights into the nuances of ECG interpretation all from an UW / claims perspective.
6 April 2023
9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Method: Virtual Learning
CPD Hours: 11
Registration Closing Date:
31 March 2023
CPD Hours: 11
Registration Closing Date:
31 March 2023
About the trainer:
| Dr C H Asrani DNB (Family Medicine); PGD Medicolegal Systems Adv. Dip in Forensic Medicine & Toxicology CEO, Founder – INCHES’ group of companies |  |
A renowned expert in this area, Dr Asrani pioneered medical audit in insurance in India. With over 300 presentations in insurance risk management, Dr Asrani has been conducting training across Dubai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. He also has the distinction of being associated with the National Health Authority (Ayushman Bharat scheme), consulting with The World Bank and being a panelist on various talks on monitoring, audit, and fraud surveillance in the Insurance industry.
He is also one of the first medico entrepreneur to devise cloud-based fraud prevention solutions for insurance companies in India (www.inches-insuretech.com). He is now on an expansion drive to extend his company’s service innovative solutions internationally.
The solutions include medical insights for underwriting, rational claim adjudication, medical processes architecture, clinical audit of claims & underwriter or claim assessor trainings. Dr Asrani’s group of companies have also developed Intelli-Claims, a proprietary tool for medical adjudication of claims using standard treatment guidelines and rule-based analytics.
| Interpretation of an Electrocardiogram |
| Identifying normal variables/ parameters of all waves, segments, intervals |
| Identifying abnormalities in ECG |
| Conduction abnormality |
| Ischemic abnormality |
| Physiological abnormality |
| Identifying the part of heart affected » The above is 6 hours of training |
| Discussing next triggered tests (TMT/ 2-D Echo/ Stress Echo/ Dobutamine Echo) |
| Introduction to blood tests for c-v disease & risk factors (for diabetes, hypertension, troponin, CK-MB etc) |
| Brief insights into TMT /2-D Echo and other cardiology evaluation tests » The above adds 3 hours to programme (6 vs 9 hours) |
