West Health Institute (WHI)

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Device Interoperability Effort Seeks Hospital Leaders

Ken Terry | InformationWeek | September 24, 2013

Center for Medical Interoperability, funded by the Gary and Mary West Foundation, aims to solve incompatibilities between medical devices and health IT systems. Read More »

FDA Won't Regulate Medical Device Data Systems

Dan Bowman | Fierce Health IT | June 20, 2014

Draft guidance published Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seemingly paves the way for smoother medical device interoperability by lowering the burden on developers of medical device data systems (MDDS) to comply with agency requirements...

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Medical Device Interoperability Could Save $30B A Year, Says WHI

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | March 21, 2013

Improvements in the ability of medical devices and health IT systems to communicate and exchange data could lead to more than $30 billion a year in savings, according to a new report from the West Health Institute...

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The Gary And Mary West Foundation And West Health Institute Create New Center For Medical Interoperability To Improve Patient Safety And Lower Costs Of Health Care

Press Release | West Health Institute (WHI), The Gary and Mary West Foundation (GMWF) | September 18, 2013

The Gary and Mary West Foundation has provided initial grant funding to the Center for Medical Interoperability, Inc. The Center, a newly formed, independent nonprofit organization, will be led by hospitals and health systems to drive rapid, widespread and sustained interoperability of medical technology to improve patient safety and lower health care costs. [...] Read More »