AAMI survey identifies top medical device challenges

Health care technology management professionals working in hospitals say their top challenge is the management of medical devices and systems on information technology networks, according to a survey released in December by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation. According to the results, the other nine of the Top 10 challenges in order of importance are: integrating device data into electronic health records; broken connectors; battery management; alarm management; maintenance of infusion pump systems; cybersecurity of medical devices and systems; setting preventive maintenance strategies; medical device incident reporting and investigations; and medical devices brought in by patients.

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