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Improving patient flow through technology. This blog provides news, analysis, speculation and opinion on workflow automation in health care, medical device connectivity and related topics.

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FDA Posts New Draft Guidance on Computer-Assisted Detection Devices Applied to Radiological Images and Radiological Data (CADe)

While designers of such systems like to say it is “just an aid” and thereby in part try to avoid responsibility for the quality of the output, the likely reality is that it will be relied upon, and...

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Market Trends Series #3: Shift from Dept to Enterprise Focus

Hospitals that attempt to extend their departmental connectivity strategies and technology platforms in ad-hoc fashion, will hit the wall at some point.

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What (if anything) can the recent Sidekick problem teach us?

Let’s always pause long enough to do some risk management thinking...

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Impact of Modifying FDA Regulated Devices

Unfortunately for you, congress did not wish to extend the physician exemption to hospitals.

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Canada Posts “Medical Device Data System” Rule

Any software that receives and manipulates patient data is a medical device.

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Market Trends Series #2: Patient Safety

There are very few instances of IV pump connectivity to EMR or alarm systems.

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FCC Seeks Comment (Again) on MBANs

The same vague promises of working out an industry standard after the fact were made when WMTS was created.

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Medical Device System Networking Issues

If a medical device system runs on a network (physically separate or as a VLAN on your hospital enterprise network) the network is part of the medical device.

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Market Trends Series: Wireless Connectivity

There are quite a few device manufacturers that offer wireless in their devices. However, there are really only a few vendors that have done wireless right.

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Variable Acuity Nursing Benefits Proven Again

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