Category Archives: Interoperability

Interoperability

A Medical Device Gateway Data Standard?

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Bob

The Wipro OEM medical device gateway press release makes it all seem so easy (my highlight): The device, consisting of interfaces that can feed-in data such as blood pressure, pulse rate, ECG reading and weight from the respective devices, is … Continue reading →

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Standards should be as Simple and Stupid as Possible

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Bob

Great post by Adam Bosworth: Talking to DC Hat Tip: Joel on Software Also see Dreaming of Flexible, Simple, Sloppy, Tolerant in Healthcare IT and Liberate the Data!

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The Desperate Need for Simplicity

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Bob

Ted Neward’s article “Agile is treating the symptoms, not the disease” touches on several important points about the software industry. Modern software development tools and technologies require a significant learning curve. Development methodologies (like Agile) exist for managing complexity, but … Continue reading →

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Access to Medical Data: Are PC Standards and PHRs (You) the Answer?

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Bob

Dana Blankenhorn’s article Give medicine access to PC standards makes some good points about the medical device industry but (IMHO) misses the mark when trying to use PC standards and PHRs as models for working towards a solution. I’ll get … Continue reading →

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Plug-and-Play Medicine

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Bob

The MIT Technology Review article Plug-and-Play Medicine claims that: … a Boston research group has come up with a software platform for sharing information among gadgets … Uh, what software platform? I discussed the MD PnP program a couple of … Continue reading →

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Medical Device Software on Shared Computers

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Bob

The issues raised in Tim’s post Running Medical Device Software on Shared Computers literally opens Pandora’s box. Installation of medical device software on general purpose computers is an intractable problem. It’s very similar to the complications associated with Networked Medical … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Medical Device Connectivity Conference and Exhibition

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Bob

Tim Gee has put together an impressive conference. It’s happening Sept. 10-11, 2009 in Boston. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. Hopefully Tim and others will be able to provide highlights from the many interesting topics. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Liberate the Data!

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Bob

Peter Neupert’s post Tear Down the Walls and Liberate the Data is worth reading. There are some Microsoft-centric comments, but a number of the linked articles are good and the overall message is correct (IMO anyway). I might have tried … Continue reading →

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Contradictory Observations and Electronic Medical Records

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Bob

Martin Fowler has an interesting discussion in his ContradictoryObservations post.  This little slice of medically related software design insight is particularly relevant because it highlights (at least for me) the complexity of the use of electronic medical records and their … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Flexible, Simple, Sloppy, Tolerant in Healthcare IT

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Bob

I was recently browsing in the computer (nerd) section of the bookstore and ran across an old Joel Spolsky edited book: The Best Software Writing I.  Even though it’s been about four years, good writing is good writing, and there … Continue reading →

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