Promoting interoperability to cut down on medical errors
Joe Kiani, CEO of patient monitoring tech company Masimo in Irvine, California, is pushing for medical device and electronic health record manufacturers to open up their code to allow their devices to talk to each other in the hospital.
The goal? To cut down on preventable hospital deaths by bringing some order to the never-ending alarms on patient monitoring devices.
STAT reports Kiani has been on this mission for a while, trying to convince competitors to give up software code in the name of safety. But he thinks he’s starting to make headway, with 70 companies now having signing a pledge to open up their platforms.
“It’s really surreal when I look at where we are,” Kiani said. “People who were our mortal enemies like Medtronic and Philips are now joining us.”
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John joined TriMed in 2016, focusing on healthcare policy and regulation. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago, he worked at FM News Chicago and Rivet News Radio, and worked on the state government and politics beat for the Illinois Radio Network. Outside of work, you may find him adding to his never-ending graphic novel collection.