Enterprise-Wide Medical Deivice Integration and CIS Workflow
Last month I spoke at the first CIS Qatar International Conference in Doha Qatar. My topic was the Importance of Enterprise Wide Medical Device Integration in CIS workflow. You can download a copy of my presentation here.
This was the first such conference in Qatar with over 1,500 people attending. The ballroom only had capacity for 1,200 so they had remote screens and audio for the 300 overflow attendees. Several hospitals in Qatar are in the process of implementing Cerner’s EMR, so there is a lot of keen interest in all things EMR.
The conference program was focused on implementation issues and what it takes to rea...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - May 14, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tim Gee Tags: connectivity Events Healthcare IT Source Type: blogs
Alarm Fatigue Plagues Hospitals. Again. Still.
On April 8, 2013, the Joint Commission published a Sentinel Event Alert on medical device alarm safety in hospitals. Once again, alarm hazards tops the ECRI Institute’s 2013 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards. Alarm fatigue is unfortunately a topic that is evergreen because it has plagued hospitals for many years and shows little sign of abating. A search of the literature will show the most common consequence of alarm fatigue is a failure to rescue adverse event (in which the vast majority of patients die). A secondary consequence is on patient satisfaction; constant alarms audible throughout the unit make it difficu...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - May 8, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tim Gee Tags: Patient Safety Source Type: blogs
Valuing Private Certification
There are currently several private entities that seek to certify medical apps, connectivity solutions, EHR record exchange, and other products, services and people in our sphere of interest. Given the ongoing proliferation of private certifications, there is a growing need to evaluate them, judge their relative costs and benefits, and determine which – if any – are worth adopting as either the one certified or as the consumer of certified products or services.
These private activities are usually distinct from governmental requirements (e.g. FDA or FTC compliance, or state licensing), although in the case of EHR M...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - April 9, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: William Hyman Tags: Standards & Regulatory Source Type: blogs
How Big a Loophole is “Wellness”?
The medical app and regulatory pot is being stirred as products continue to appear, including those with questionable FDA credentials, or lack of credentials.
As discussed in our earlier posts on apps regulation (here and here), an app is a medical device if its meets the congressionally mandated and FDA enforced definition of a medical device as something whose intended use “is for the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man”. As stated in the FDA’s Draft Guidanc...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - March 18, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: William Hyman Tags: Business Planning Standards & Regulatory Source Type: blogs
RFID RTLS 2012 Update – Where to Start
I commonly receive requests for information about connectivity and enabling technologies like indoor positioning systems. Here’s an example:
…I am currently undertaking research into RFID technologies and WLAN to use within a hospital. In particular I am interested in implementing the use of patient/infant tracking tag, panic tag or status tag, asset tag and also temperature control tags, all of which are working with a WLAN.
Is there any information that you are able to share with me please.
While I don’t normally provide services for free (I have bills to pay like everyone else), I have no problem provi...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - September 6, 2012 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tim Gee Tags: Real Time Location Systems Source Type: blogs
