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Medical Device Integration (MDI) is the exchange of data from medical devices — vital sign monitors, ventilators, smart pumps, etc. — to patients' electronic health records (EHRs). In this webinar, you'll learn how MDI can save nurses time, reduce errors, improve patient outcomes, and shorten lengths of stay.

Contact hours: 1.00
1.0 CE hour to meet the HIMSS requirement
Contact hours available until 8/26/2016.

Requirements for Successful Completion:
Complete the learning activity in its entirety and complete the online CNE evaluation.

Faculty, Planners and Authors Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
Speakers have no disclosures to declare.

Commercial Support and Sponsorship:
No commercial support or sponsorship declared.

Accreditation Statement:

This educational activity is co-provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. (AJJ) and ANIA.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Accreditation status does not imply endorsement by the provider or ANCC of any commercial product.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 5387.

This program has been approved for continuing education (CE) hours for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) and Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS).

Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to enable the learner to state what Medical Device Integration is and identify how it can save nurses time, reduce errors, improve patient outcomes, shorten lengths of stay, and decrease redundant tests and readmissions.

Objectives:

Identify how MDI can save nurses time, quantify that amount, and point to documented supporting references.
State how MDI can reduce adverse events, give examples, and point to documented supporting references.
Describe how MDI can shorten patient lengths of stays, as well as reduce instances of Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) and point to documented supporting references.
Identify how MDI can decrease redundant tests and readmissions, and point to documented supporting references.

Jeff McGeath Senior Vice President, Iatric Systems, Inc., Boxford, MA

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