Conversations On Health Care

Bringing Medical Device Interoperability Into Hospitals

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Synopsis

This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Ed Cantwell, Executive Director of the Center for Medical Interoperability, a not for profit dedicated to promoting interoperability of medical devices within the hospital setting and the electronic health record. The Center is launching an affordable communications system poised to entice hospitals and stakeholders to align their efforts to make medical device interoperability possible. It is an effort poised to save 30 billion dollars in wasted health care spending.