Implementation best practices: Giving medical devices, IoT special attention

Medical devices are key pieces of the health IT puzzle, technology that helps deliver patient care at one of the most critical junctures.

There are many types of medical devices. And the number is increasing as the Internet of Things proliferates, adding more and more connected devices to a provider organization’s IT infrastructure.

Especially because of that explosion of IoT devices, implementing medical device technology at hospitals and health systems has become a delicate and important process that must be done correctly. Here, three medical device technology experts offer advice and tips on how to best implement medical devices at a healthcare provider organization.