[IGSTK-Developers] CIMIT : Medical Device Interoperability for Improving Patient Safety

[Luis Ibanez]

"Medical Device Interoperability for Improving Patient Safety"
"A Grand Challenge"


Medical devices are essential for the practice of modern medicine. 
However, unlike the inter-connected “plug-and-play” world of modern 
computers and consumer electronics, most medical devices are designed to 
operate independently, and do not employ open networking standards for 
data communication or for device control. The integration of individual 
medical devices into patient-centric networked systems can


o Provide real-time comprehensive data for the
   electronic medical record (EMR)

o Support advances in patient safety and *workflow improvements*


to the benefit of patients throughout the continuum of care. These areas 
include the ICU, OR, ED, pre-hospital transport, and the home. Despite 
several false starts in the last two decades, recent advances in 
standards and technology, user demands, and industry alliances, are 
bringing us closer than ever to achieving seamless device integration in 
support of improving healthcare.




Presenter: Julian M. Goldman, MD, Principal Anesthesiologist, 
Massachusetts General Hospital “Operating Room of the Future”; Director,
CIMIT Program on Interoperability; Founder, Medical Device 
“Plug-and-Play” Interoperability Program and Physician Advisor, Partners 
HealthCare Biomedical Engineering, MGH; User Vice-Chair, U.S. National 
Standards Committee for Anesthetic and Respiratory Equipment

Moderator: John Hedley-Whyte, MD, David S. Sheridan Professor of 
Anaesthesia and Respiratory Therapy, Harvard University


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Medical Device Interoperability
Click here to listen to a special podcast message from
Julian Goldman about Tuesday's Forum
http://www.cimit.org/forum/podcast_051007.01.mp3

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
4:00-6:00pm
Location: Massachusetts General Hospital,
Richard B. Simches Research Center,
Room 3110, 185 Cambridge St, Boston