Emanuel Furst, PhD, CCEPresident, Improvement Technologies, LLCTechnical Project Manager, IHE Patient Care Devices Domain

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Medical Equipment Management Profile

Health care enterprises manage 10,000's of medical devices representing 1,000's of make/model combinations. Managing these devices runs from simply having a consistent unique identification method, to determining the device's location, operational status, battery level and charging profile, software / hardware configuration (incl. serial numbers), pending upgrades or software updates, etc.

Medical Equipment Management Profile

The problem is that there are no common standards-based technologies for supporting these device management & maintenance activities.

MEM covers use cases related to patient care device management and defines profile(s) to address these integration needs.

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Medical Equipment Management Profile

Development of this profile can begin when a critical mass of people are ready.

The goal is to have the Brief Profile Proposal ready in the Fall, the Detailed Profile Proposal early in December, the Supplement available for public comment by April