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Medical Device Interoperability Lags Behind Technological Capacity

Yours truly was quoted in an article in FDC Reports’ newsletter The Gray Sheet (subscription only) last week about connectivity. The story was inspired by a comment from Bill Crounse, the director of Worldwide Health at Microsoft, during the World Healthcare
Innovation and Technology Congress held in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. He said, “”I no
longer […]

42 Questions HHS Might Ask During a HIPAA Audit

Some recent projects have touched on HIPAA lately and I thought I'd post on this Computerworld story about hapless Piedmont Hospital. They were the first hospital in to be audited by the Office of the Inspector General at the department of Health and Human Services for compliance with HIPAA security rules (emphasis mine).

The audit was […]

Patient Flow Recommendations and Predictions

Research firm Arketi sent me a survey on hospital patient flow. Sponsored by patient flow software vendor StatCom, the survey sought to quantify the patient flow problem (how many ED boarders, hours on divert, room turn over times, etc.) and identify the departments contributing to, or ameliorating hospital patient throughput. This will all be good […]

Reference Website: bmesource.org

The site bmesource.org is a compendium of web sites with the stated goal of, “sharing knowledge across the biomedical technology design community.” The site was started at Stanford University. In 2003 they opened it up to additional university contributors.
I stumbled across the sites via my server logs that showed a visitor who came from bemesource.org. […]

Home Use of Medical Devices Challenges FDA

Medical Devices Today has a good post on potential safety and effectiveness issues surrounding medical devices where home use by patients is outside the scope if intended use. “Although manufacturers need FDA approval to market a device
over-the-counter directly to a patient or specifically for home use,
there are few restrictions on whether a physician can send […]

Biomed Listserv Is Moving

Mike Kauffman's labor of love, the Biomed Listserv has moved. Once hosted by AOL, Mike's snapped up an Internet domain (www.bmetsonline.org) and is adding some new features to extend the email listserv.
If you're already subscribed to the Biomed Listserv, Mike has already moved all the subscribers to the new system (thanks Mike!). If you […]