Going Smart

Lori Luechtefeld

September 1, 2005

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Originally Published MX September/October 2005

IT IN HEALTHCARE

Using sophisticated software and product-embedded systems, medtech manufacturers are growing more-intelligent devices.

Lori Luechtefeld

In the increasingly complex world of healthcare, medical devices must be smarter, faster, and stronger than those that came before them. Not only must they be able to capture and digest an expanding array of data and perform more-varied functions, they must also be able to continuously communicate with the systems that surround them to keep work flow moving at its optimal level.

The advance of information technologies (IT) has driven efficiencies in the healthcare industry that would have been inconceivable just a decade ago. Yet this rapid progress has also driven the industry into completely uncharted territory, bringing with it unprecedented concerns over the security of the information that is now being captured and transmitted at breakneck speed.

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