Plácido da Silva, HCarreiras, CLourenço, AFred, ACésar das Neves, RCruz Ferreira, R2020-02-072020-02-072015-04Health Technol. 2015; 4(4): 309–318http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3433Previous work by our group introduced a novel concept and sensor design for “off-the-person” ECG, for which evidence on how it compares against standard clinical-grade equipment has been largely missing. Our objectives with this work are to characterise the off-the-person approach in light of the current ECG systems landscape, and assess how the signals acquired using this simplified setup compare with clinical-grade recordings. Empirical tests have been performed with real-world data collected from a population of 38 control subjects, to analyze the correlation between both approaches. Results show off-the-person data to be correlated with clinical-grade data, demonstrating the viability of this approach to potentially extend preventive medicine practices by enabling the integration of ECG monitoring into multiple dimensions of people’s everyday lives.engHSM CARElectrocardiographyOff-the-PersonTaxonomyPervasive Healthjournal article