title: The development of an interoperable roadmap for medical devices.
abstract: It is believed that interoperability between medical devices and electronic medical records (EMR) is one key to developing a system of higher quality, safer, and efficient healthcare delivery. Interoperability speaks to either wireless or hard-wired streaming of two-way patient and related data between devices and EMRs. An analysis of a large integrated delivery system's medical devices and EMR was conducted to demonstrate this potential. This integration has significant impact on future care delivery processes and cost of health technologies involved.
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente (KP) Eastern Hub, Rockville, MD 20852 USA. tracy.rausch@kp.org
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rausch
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Judd
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized