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Data Collection: A Key to Unlocking Interoperability

In last month’s Tech Talk column, Elliot Sloane presented an overview of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) interoperability. While the IHE initiative has been very successful in moving vendors toward better interoperability between medical devices and information systems, there is still significant work that needs to be done by vendors in terms of device interoperability, […]

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The Integration of Computerized Medical Equipment

The escalating number of computerized medical devices in use today presents new challenges for hospitals and health care systems. No longer are infusion pumps, ventilators, and bedside monitoring systems stand-alone devices that clinical engineers (CEs) and biomedical medical equipment technicians (BMETs) can easily maintain and troubleshoot. Now, such equipment is integrated with information technology (IT), […]

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