Nurses Burdened By Lack Of Medical Technology Device Interoperability.

Shots” blog reported that the lack of interoperability between medical technology devices increases the burden on nurses and poses a risk to patient safety. According to the blog, “half of more than 500 nurses surveyed by the Harris Poll said they had seen a medical error caused by a lack of coordination among devices.” What’s more, “a majority of the nurses said they spend quite a bit of time troubleshooting problems, recording data that isn’t shared electronically and dealing with alarms, according to the online survey conducted in January.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/13/392585060/nurses-have-to-translate-when-medical-devices-fail-to-communicate