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Interoperability

Interoperability: Arrested Progress

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Bob

When it comes to the state of interoperability in the medical device industry there couldn’t be a better metaphor than Arrested Development*.  A dysfunctional family made up of eccentric well-meaning personalities each doing their own thing, oblivious to each other and the rest … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Software Development in Medical Device Industry Growth

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Bob

The bottom line of the article Software Development Must Be Overhauled to Drive Growth in the Medical Device Industry is summed up by this: The power and reach of converging IT trends means that business leaders need to understand the implications … Continue reading →

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Open Source Medical Device Connectivity

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Bob

In The Case for Open Source Healthcare IT John Zaleski uses the VistA open source software as a model for improving the medical device data gathering in order to produce a “more robust end product”.  On the whole, I could not agree more. Achieving … Continue reading →

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Third Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Bob

This year’s Medical Device Connectivity Conference is less than a month away. It’s being held Sept. 8-9, 2010 in Boston. In addition to the post-conference workshops, there is also a special preconference event: an open house at the Medical Device Plug and … Continue reading →

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Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Bob

There’s a new standards organization in town: Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework. The objective of the S&I framework is to create a robust, repeatable process based on federal best practices that will enable ONC to execute on initiatives that will … Continue reading →

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The Reality of EMR Integration for Medical Devices

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Bob

Tim provides a good starting point for understanding this in EMR Integration for Medical Devices: The Basics. What this highlights of course is that getting data from a medical device into an EMR is a lot harder than it should … Continue reading →

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Medical Devices and the Cloud

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Bob

The article Is Cloud the tomorrow of Medical Devices Industry? includes some of the challenges — regulatory, privacy, security etc. — faced by manufacturers trying to manage medical device data in the cloud. You can’t disagree with this statement: The success of … Continue reading →

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Second Annual Medical Device Connectivity Conference

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Bob

This year’s Medical Device Connectivity Conference is being held Sept. 28-29, 2010 in San Diego. From the press release Tim Gee says: The only conference devoted to the topic of medical device connectivity, the program will offer a unique opportunity … Continue reading →

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Interoperability is a Big Word!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Bob

There was a statement in one of the HIStalk Readers Write 5/10/10 articles in that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. In Digging for Gold in your HIT Applications, Ron Olsen writes: One of the most … Continue reading →

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Why Healthcare IT is Not a Game Changer

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Bob

Last week I attended the WLSA/Continua Mobile Healthcare Symposium and the opening day of the Continua Health Alliance Winter Summit 2010.  Also, a couple of weeks ago I attended a few of the FDA Workshop on Medical Device Interoperability: Achieving … Continue reading →

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