Getting Connected for Patient Safety
Enabling Innovation for patient safety since 2004
The Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program is promoting innovation in patient safety and clinical care by leading the adoption of secure patient-centric integration of medical devices and IT systems in clinical environments.
Getting Connected for Patient Safety
Enabling Innovation for patient safety since 2004
The Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program is promoting innovation in patient safety and clinical care by leading the adoption of secure patient-centric integration of medical devices and IT systems in clinical environments.
The Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" Interoperability & Cybersecurity Program
Since 2004 advancing safe and secure interoperability to improve patient care
The Challenge:
How can we better use medical devices to improve the safety of medical care?
Medical devices are essential to the practice of modern medicine. Clinical measurements such as blood pressure and temperature, x-ray and ultrasound imaging, administration of intravenous medications, and support of critical life functions all require medical devices. However, despite our reliance on sophisticated medical equipment, most devices are not designed to interconnect with other devices. Therefore, it is difficult to connect individual devices into integrated medical systems to improve patient care, avoid unnecessary accidents, and obtain comprehensive data to personalize care delivery.
The Answer:
Facilitate the adoption of open standards and interoperable technologies to securely Integrate Clinical Environments (ICE).
Since its establishment in 2004, the Medical Device "Plug-and-Play" (MD PnP) Interoperability Program has been accelerating the adoption of medical device interoperability to enable the creation of complete
and accurate electronic health records and the cost-effective development of innovative third-party medical "apps" for diagnosis, treatment, research, safety and quality improvements, equipment management, and adverse event detection and reporting when using networked medical devices for clinical care.
Our team is working to develop sharable databases, open-source tools, and applications that will enable a broader community of researchers and manufacturers to implement secure medical device interoperability. We have taken a multi-faceted approach to reduce key barriers to achieving interoperability, including:
New MD PnP Lab, New MD PnP website!
With our new, expanded lab, we are developing a new website. The new MD PnP website is hosted by Massachusetts General Hospital at https://mdpnp.mgh.harvard.edu/
Update: PMI Challenge for the Underserved
$25,000 in cash prizes has been awarded to the three winners. The seven Finalist teams were announced at PCHA Connected Health Conference on December 12, 2016. Winners were announced at HIMSS in February 2017
Our award-winning Scientific & Educational Exhibit from the American Society of Anesthesiologists
Our award-winning Scientific & Educational Exhibit from the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting
The brief video shows how integrated data can speed diagnosis and treatment of monitored cardiac arrest
Updates / Selected News
February 2017
PMI Challenge for the Underserved completed.
Read MoreNovember 2015
AMIA Pre-Symposium Working Group “Transdisciplinary “Maker Health” Fair (Sponsored by the Nursing Informatics Working Group)
Read MoreOctober 2015
MD PnP team wins two peer-reviewed awards for Educational and Scientific at the American Society of Anesthesiologists annual meeting. Video demo and handout of First Place award – using an ICE platform for patient safety. Handout from Third Place award using QR Codes to obtain medical product information at the point of care.
Read MoreFebruary 2015
Dr. Goldman moderates a HIMSS Innovation Community panel on Open Medical Device & Data Integration Platforms
Read MoreNovember 2014
Demonstration of Ebola response work by MD PnP and collaborators. Press coverage from the Boston Globe and WCBV
Read MoreSeptember 2014
MD PnP participates in Global City Teams Challenge: SmartAmerica Round 2 at NIST
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Contact Information
Massachusetts General Hospital
MD PnP Program
65 Landsdowne St., Suite 200
Cambridge, MA 02139
info@mdpnp.org
Julian M. Goldman, MD
Program Director
jmgoldman@mgh.harvard.edu
Colin Gorman
Program Manager
cgorman@mgh.harvard.edu