20 Questions
What is expected to become a major business growth area over the next decade?
Connecting monitoring devices with EHRs
Who is working to encourage device vendors to adopt communications standards?
The Center for Medical Interoperability
How many device standards have the Food and Drug Administration defined to encourage the development of interoperable devices?
25 device standards
What is necessary to solve the interoperability problem according to the text?
Cooperation of multiple stakeholders on standards
Which group has enlisted many large healthcare systems to encourage device vendors to adopt communication standards?
Healthcare systems
What is an electronic health record (EHR)?
A computer-readable record of health-related information on an individual
Why are many hospitals struggling to automate the capture of raw data into EHRs from patient monitoring devices?
Different devices and vendors use different communication standards
What is one promise associated with EHRs according to the text?
Improving health care and reducing costs
Why do hospitals sometimes need to create new software middleware layers?
To translate nonstandard signals from new monitoring equipment
What challenge arises when a hospital wants to use a new vital sign monitoring device?
Creating a new interface with the EHR due to different standards
EHRs hold out the promise of improving health care and reducing ______
costs
Specialized software is required to receive the data and translate it into a form suitable for updating the ______
EHR
Many hospitals are struggling to automate the capture of raw data from patient monitoring devices and pass the data directly into each patient’s ______
EHR
Different devices and vendors often use different standards for communicating over the ______
network
Each new piece of monitoring equipment that outputs a nonstandard signal requires a new interface with the ______
EHR
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.
monitoring
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 ______.
interoperability
The Food and Drug Administration is working to encourage the development of ______ devices by defining some 25 device standards.
interoperable
Solving the interoperability problem will require an agreement on standards through the cooperation of multiple ______.
stakeholders
Connecting monitoring devices and EHRs is expected to become a major business growth area over the next ______.
decade
Learn about Electronic Health Records (EHR) which store health-related information electronically, including patient demographics, medical history, medications, and more. Understand the importance of EHR in providing easy access to healthcare professionals across different facilities.
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