by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 14, 2017 | CyberSecurity
Cybersecurity, healthcare and medical devices….and “hacking”. This is a overused word perhaps today, somewhat like the trendy word “awesome”. A tremendous amount has been written about this, but some of the most basic perhaps need to be re-enforced. (See link to the...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Networking has been commoditized…it is the Business Analytics that that will provide the real value to the healthcare enterprise. Industry’s First Solution That Bridges Management and Analytics Extreme Application Analytics is a Network-Powered Application Analytics...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 4, 2017 | 802.11 WLAN Requirements
WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) has been deployed within hospitals for the past sixteen years. Early day site deployments were simply WLAN (AP(s), that were installed down the hallway or in a Dixie Cup approach. This worked fine when applications were limited to computers...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 3, 2017 | CyberSecurity
Postmarket Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff Document issued on December 28, 2016. The draft of this document was issued on January 22, 2016. Over the past sixteen years with the approval of...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Jan 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Commodity Based Model that is in 2017 Changing Business Decision Making and Investments in Healthcare. Over the past two decades, technology companies have been able to sell the value of their technology based upon a set of features and benefits that they feel is...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 22, 2016 | Bluetooth
Nordic www.nordic.semi.com continues to push the envelope. Integra Systems has used Nordic products on several projects. Nordic Semi is a great company and provides great support. Wireless overtakes wired headphones Bluetooth headphones outsold wired headphones for...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 20, 2016 | Intrusion Detection
As one who has been in the medical device industry for over thirty years, I have seen the evolution from stand alone medical devices and closed proprietary patient monitoring systems to the truly connected medical device. Integra Systems, Inc., started in 1997 and we...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 14, 2016 | Near Field Magnetics
Over the past sixteen years we have worked with and understood virtually every type of technology used for real time location systems. This is included but not limited to Wi-Fi, UWB (Ultrawide Band), Zigbee, Ultrasound, proprietary RF, and BTLE. All with the exception...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Integra Systems, Inc. has had discussions with this innovative company over the past two years. www.vivalink.com We were introduced to them. Over the past two years several products have been introduced to the market that are quite innovative, FeverScout and...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Why the Need of Analytics for Network Visibility? Application Analytics allows IT operations to optimize the network for each and every application, enhance security for those applications and provide data for business analytics. This empowers IT to turn the network...
