Applying our proven processes, we achieve medical device integration (MDI) the first time, saving hospitals time and money.

MDii bridges gaps between electronic health record (EHR) systems, medical device and middleware vendors, and your implementation team – for a more successful device integration. We perform and/or coach: requirements gathering, solution design, vendor selection, budget sizing, data variable mapping, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, cybersecurity and go-live tasks as needed. Our services include:

Initial Assessment to achieve MDI

To achieve MDI and reap its benefits, we can assess your organization’s current state of medical devices, related infrastructure and EHR capabilities. The objective of our initial assessment is to identify the work needed to achieve your goal MDI future state. Assessment is especially helpful for situations that include:

• Various device types, makes, and models
• Inventory and infrastructure assessment
• Workflow discovery
• Consolidations and acquisitions
• Limited budgets

Current state includes:

• EHR(s)
• Sites
• Medical device inventory
• MDI-required IT infrastructure in place
• Network communications within and between sites
• Patient care workflows

Desired future state includes for example:

• Patient care areas
• Medical device type/make/models to integrate
  • Typical device types: physiologic monitors, anesthesia machines and ventilators
  • Less typical: fetal monitors, dialysis machines, and heart-lung machines
  • On the rise: infusion pumps
• Data variables of medical devices to integrate with EHR
• Long-term support plan outline with required skillsets

Principal Consulting Services

When working with a hospital, we know the questions to ask. Engaged early enough, we can recommend options for equipment or services that best fit your objectives, environment, and budget. We can identify data variables you need, among the many available, and help map them correctly to your EHR flowsheet for the right data, from the right patient, at the right time. We collaborate with our clients as needed on topics such as:

• Scope and system functions definition
• Requirements gathering
• Solution design
• Budget sizing
• Roles and responsibilities definition
• Functional considerations
• Mapping device data to appropriate EHR flowsheet row
• Design architecture, infrastructure, interfaces
• Implementation
• Monitoring and resiliency
• Regulatory compliance
• Project management

Cybersecurity consulting services

Integration involves connecting your medical devices to network communications, which potentially exposes them to malicious hackers. Information security has never been more important to healthcare delivery organizations, and cybersecurity threats have never been greater. To improve your protection of patient data, we can advise your organization on topics including:

• Technical infrastructure implications
• Organizational infrastructure
• Pre-purchase considerations
• Regularly scheduled maintenance
• System changes and upgrades