Hi John
Thank you for bringing this
Medical Device Connectivity will be major things to come in future of medical device technology and Clinical Engineers should not let themselves behind by thinking this is job for IT.
i have been lucky to work on ongoing connectivity projects as clinical engineer with major worldwide vendor where by my input on how the medical devices intergrate to network infrastructure was an eye open for IT staff who mostly had no idea where to start and also had issues of not wanting to be associated with any configuration set up on medical devices, because they that was beyond their scope of only to deal with IT equipment.
Although through time, the bond was formed and we all realise we both had major part to play and learn from each other to accomplish the NHS Digital.
This has open my knowledge on things like HL7 and medical device connectivity technology for clinical engineers to ensure that not only the device works as medical device for diagnostic, monitoring or therapeutic but also as tool to delivered patient journey efficiently and effectively through decision making due to fast availability of patient information.
