We have several applications where we collect patient data from instrumentation, which is easy enough to tie back to HL7 patient records. For patient care quality assurance, we'd like to be able to track which specific device (e.g., Nelcor pulse oximeter #12345) actually collected the data.
For biomedical engineering quality assurance and maintenance scheduling, we would like to be able to track the service and alarm histories of devices across a period of time, in which they may be used with multiple patients. Obviously, a patient-oriented HL7 data structure is inappropriate.
Is anyone aware of work along these lines? --
Howard C. Berkowitz Chief Technology Officer Gett Communications 5012 25th Street South Arlington VA 22206
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