by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 7, 2011 | AAMI, Alarm Communication Systems
Integra Systems, Inc. has co-authored an article with John Elms – President of Connexall USA. It is titled “The Use of Mobile Devices to Improve Alarm Systems. It is published in Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology September/October 2011 (c)...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
While I have been around this space for a couple of decades, I have seen and heard about every imaginable business model. Some make a lot of sense, some well it least my opinion do not. So at the end of the day the CIO in any organization needs to step back do their...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Integra Systems, Inc. has been selected by www.gersonlehrmangroup.com to provide a panel discussion on “Medical Device Connectivity” – Core Competencies and Regulatory Approval. This will be a panel discussion of a current medical device industry...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over four years ago, when Ken and Seth silently announced what they were doing, it was yeah, this is great and the right strategy, how can you execute. Problem was some were still caught up in the fog of the traditional DAS deployment technical and business model....
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine in the medical device space gave me this article while I was in Boston, MA a couple of weeks ago at the Medical Device Connectivity Conference. While the article is directly from Harvard Business Review; I can definitely see the parallel in the...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 19, 2011 | Wireless Connected Medical Devices
I have seen the revolution in non-intelligent non-networked medical devices, essentially becoming connected. Three significant events triggered this revolution. 1. This all started out with the approval of 802.11b in 1999, and simply has not stopped. 2. The next event...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 19, 2011 | 802.11ac
Just when folks are moving to 802.11n, we now have 802.11ac coming around the corner. (Well a few years out at least) Interesting that it is in the 5GHz range, just as 802.11a. (Both Welch Allyn and Masimo use 802.11a). The specification will enable multi-station WLAN...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
I am very firm believer in the use of 3G and 4G capabilities for network connectivity, however there are implications for when you consider any use model that demands a quality of service requirement. Some smoke was blown last week at the MDC conference that a...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 9, 2011 | Conferences
This was a very busy but good conference. Had a good presentation today with Tom Boston of www.gtri.com on best practices for medical device connectivity. Thanks Tom, you did a great presentation,i.e. our joint presentation. In the afternoon I conducted the second...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Sep 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Good opening sessions by Julian Goldman, M.D., and currently now by Tim Gee real time. It is interesting that wireless and wireless networking both on an embedded side is no longer a nice to have but a must have. Both the provider and embedded medical device company...
