[telemedicine] "Plug and Play" Connectivity Planned for Medical Devices

[Medical Informatics News]

A consortium of medical interests has joined forces to develop an open networking standard for communication and
control of medical devices. According to an article in the newletter of the
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, the group
will be led by*Boston-based Partners Healthcare and
Kaiser Permanente in cooperation with the FDA, other health care
professionals, and the*Department of Defense. The group plans to incorporate existing interoperability work
where possible and to develop new tools where necessary, in order to produce and implement an integrated “plug and
play” medical device open networking standard within three years. Such a standard would help to*integrate
patient monitoring with clinical decision systems and electronic medical records.


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