IT Convergence

Professionals in healthcare today face a new challenge - the convergence of information technology and medical devices. The current wave of healthcare technology development is bringing together medical devices with information systems technology, transforming the service paradigm from one catering to discrete instruments to one focused on clinical systems.

ABM Health has remained on the forefront of this area, monitoring and responding to diverse external initiatives including the impact of the federal HITECH act, risk management issues associated with connected medical systems, movement of patient-generated information to the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and software issues.

We work with your clinicians and IT professionals to address these and other issues posed by the clinical engineering-information technology integration process through a process of assessment and analysis of your medical equipment assets,the planning and deployment of new technologies, and the reduction of risks to patients and staff.

ABM Health can design engineering support programs to manage the IT interface based on your specific needs, including:

Clinical Systems
HL-7 interfacing of medical equipment with the Electronic Medical Record
Interoperability challenges
HIPPA ePHI compliance
Wireless systems support
IEC 80001 compliance
Telemedicine
Management of distributed systems