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What is expected to become a major business growth area over the next decade?
What is expected to become a major business growth area over the next decade?
- Connecting monitoring devices with EHRs (correct)
- Manufacturing monitoring devices
- Creating healthcare software
- Developing new medical devices
Who is working to encourage device vendors to adopt communications standards?
Who is working to encourage device vendors to adopt communications standards?
- Food and Drug Administration
- Healthcare systems
- The Center for Medical Interoperability (correct)
- Device manufacturers
How many device standards have the Food and Drug Administration defined to encourage the development of interoperable devices?
How many device standards have the Food and Drug Administration defined to encourage the development of interoperable devices?
- 25 device standards (correct)
- 15 device standards
- 20 device standards
- 10 device standards
What is necessary to solve the interoperability problem according to the text?
What is necessary to solve the interoperability problem according to the text?
Which group has enlisted many large healthcare systems to encourage device vendors to adopt communication standards?
Which group has enlisted many large healthcare systems to encourage device vendors to adopt communication standards?
What is an electronic health record (EHR)?
What is an electronic health record (EHR)?
Why are many hospitals struggling to automate the capture of raw data into EHRs from patient monitoring devices?
Why are many hospitals struggling to automate the capture of raw data into EHRs from patient monitoring devices?
What is one promise associated with EHRs according to the text?
What is one promise associated with EHRs according to the text?
Why do hospitals sometimes need to create new software middleware layers?
Why do hospitals sometimes need to create new software middleware layers?
What challenge arises when a hospital wants to use a new vital sign monitoring device?
What challenge arises when a hospital wants to use a new vital sign monitoring device?
EHRs hold out the promise of improving health care and reducing ______
EHRs hold out the promise of improving health care and reducing ______
Specialized software is required to receive the data and translate it into a form suitable for updating the ______
Specialized software is required to receive the data and translate it into a form suitable for updating the ______
Many hospitals are struggling to automate the capture of raw data from patient monitoring devices and pass the data directly into each patient’s ______
Many hospitals are struggling to automate the capture of raw data from patient monitoring devices and pass the data directly into each patient’s ______
Different devices and vendors often use different standards for communicating over the ______
Different devices and vendors often use different standards for communicating over the ______
Each new piece of monitoring equipment that outputs a nonstandard signal requires a new interface with the ______
Each new piece of monitoring equipment that outputs a nonstandard signal requires a new interface with the ______
Many software vendors and device manufacturers are moving quickly to capitalize on the opportunities involved with automating the many clinical-support activities that involve ______ devices.
Many software vendors and device manufacturers are moving quickly to capitalize on the opportunities involved with automating the many clinical-support activities that involve ______ devices.
The Center for Medical Interoperability has enlisted many of the nation’s largest healthcare systems as part of its effort to strongly encourage device vendors to adopt communications standards that will ease the problems with ______.
The Center for Medical Interoperability has enlisted many of the nation’s largest healthcare systems as part of its effort to strongly encourage device vendors to adopt communications standards that will ease the problems with ______.
The Food and Drug Administration is working to encourage the development of ______ devices by defining some 25 device standards.
The Food and Drug Administration is working to encourage the development of ______ devices by defining some 25 device standards.
Solving the interoperability problem will require an agreement on standards through the cooperation of multiple ______.
Solving the interoperability problem will require an agreement on standards through the cooperation of multiple ______.
Connecting monitoring devices and EHRs is expected to become a major business growth area over the next ______.
Connecting monitoring devices and EHRs is expected to become a major business growth area over the next ______.
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