title: Facilitating Virtual Health Management Using Medical Device Integration.
abstract: Data from connected medical devices (CMDS) provides an objective and rich source of information to augment patient care management and clinical decision making. A principal reason is measurements of patient properties made through bedside CMDs are not typically subject to errors associated with misinterpretation, incorrect recording, and incorrect time stamping. Furthermore, data from CMDs can be collected regularly, ensuring a dense and robust data record on a given patient. The ability to remotely manage and monitor patients is greatly facilitated by access to data, as measurements represent an objective source of information that facilitate clinical decision making. In my recent book, Connected Medical Devices: Integrating Patient Care Data in Healthcare System, I discuss the topic of medical device integration (MDI) in relation to implementing CMDs in healthcare settings as a guide to assist hospitals in this undertaking. The following discussion about MDI are the opening paragraphs from this text, followed by a discussion of MDI architectures.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Zaleski
mesh_terms: D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface