Software to connect bedside medical devices
CMSense from Cain Medical is a new software product that can connect
to bedside medical devices and acquire patient readings.
Connecting to devices such as patient monitors and respirators over the
network, CMSense can provide a centralised source of patient data across
the entire hospital.
The data gathered can be translated into any format required by
applications such as intensive care, charting systems or hospital
electronic medical records. By standardising the acquired data, CMSense
allows applications to guarantee compatibility with a hospital site even
when new medical devices are introduced.
“The desire to collect patient data automatically has never been
greater”, said Nicholas Cain, Director of Cain Medical Ltd. “Yet the
capability to add a medical device to your healthcare IT infrastructure
remains far from simple.
There is no standard form of communicating with patient monitors
being used by device manufacturers. CMSense dramatically changes that,
and allows applications to readily collect patient measurements from any
medical device.”
CMSense is available as a range of servers (each one providing a
self-contained platform for easy integration with other healthcare
systems) and as a software development kit. The latter enables
developers to integrate the functionality of the medical devices
interfaces directly into their applications.
Source: bjhc&im May 2006
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