Seeing Is Understanding as LiveData Brings OR-Dashboard Visualization Solution to HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

‘A Heartfelt Patient’ Is Grateful for Information Technology

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveData, Inc. will present a visual case for medical device interoperability at the HIMSS07 Interoperability Showcase, Feb. 25-March 1 in New Orleans. LiveData OR-Dashboard will capture data from diverse participating vendors and present it on a large screen display in the showcase, part of the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition.

In a hospital setting, and as seen in the HIMSS07 Interoperability Showcase, the LiveData OR-Dashboard captures key information that the entire OR team needs to see about the patient and operation, and presents it on large display on the wall, where it can be consulted throughout the surgical process. In the Interoperability Showcase, more than three dozen technology vendors will demonstrate how their systems work together in mock trauma and cardiac emergencies.

The Interoperability Showcase has proven a popular and compelling aspect of the HIMSS exhibit. LiveData will be participating in the new Patient Care Devices section, in a simulated critical care scenario about a patient who suffers a heart attack. The Showcase follows the patient through the various stages of the incident, examination, surgery, and early stages of recovery.

LiveData and other participating vendors will utilize the IHE PCD Technology Framework to enable devices to interoperate and communicate. All were required to demonstrate their support of the Framework at the January IHE Connectathon, a week-long series of technical trials conducted in Chicago. LiveData passed all interoperability tests, drawing information from numerous systems including: Welch Allyn Connex Data Management System; Philips Medical Systems IntelliVue Information Center, and IntelliVue Clinical Information Portfolio; GE Healthcare Aware Gateway; B. Braun Medical DoseTrac Infusion Management Software; and Drager Medical Systems Innovian Solution Suite.

“LiveData OR-Dashboard has become the focus of much positive attention at Massachusetts General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and other installations,” said Jeffrey Robbins, LiveData CEO. “And now, the HIMSS07 Interoperability Showcase offers LiveData the opportunity to demonstrate its interoperability commitment to a wider community. We are demonstrating an important step toward the vision of ‘pluggable devices’.”

LiveData OR-Dashboard serves as the bridge between patient care devices and the IT infrastructure, Robbins said. “We use standard interfaces wherever possible, but more often than not are required to create vendor- and product-specific adapters, to get data to flow across compatibility barriers. Standard interfaces and data definitions will make a world of difference, enabling LiveData to deliver visual applications like OR-Dashboard to thousands of hospitals, rapidly and efficiently.”

Underscoring its work in medical device interoperability, LiveData will also participate in the HIMSS exhibit led by the Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Program, affiliated with the Massachusetts General Hospital, CIMIT, and Partners HealthCare Information Systems. LiveData RTI (Real-Time Integration) software serves as the real-time data integration platform for the MD PnP lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and will be used in the demonstration of clinical solutions that rely upon medical device interoperability. HIMSS demonstrations will take place on University Row at Booth 7808.

Visible from anywhere in the OR, the LiveData OR-Dashboard enables surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and other OR professionals to perform their tasks with the confidence that comes with complete, accurate, and timely information that is available to all. The system works across diverse vendors’ information systems, medical devices and patient monitors, gathering, synthesizing and visualizing data in real-time, and enabling staff to take-in the state of the patient and operation at a glance.

LiveData will also exhibit at HIMSS in Booth 2858. The 2007 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition will offer more than 300 educational sessions and 850 exhibits in San Diego, Calif. Visit www.himss07.org/ for more information. Information on the Interoperability Showcase can be found at www.himss07.org/exhibition/interop.aspx

About LiveData

Specializing in real-time data integration and display technology, LiveData builds state-of-the-art systems for healthcare, utility, manufacturing, and government organizations. LiveData brings disparate information together in meaningful, context-aware displays, through visual applications that improve team communication, enhance patient safety, and streamline workflow. LiveData OR-Dashboard has been selected by leading medical institutions including Massachusetts General Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Founded in 1991, LiveData is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.livedata.com.

About HIMSS

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.

Visit www.himss.org for more information.

About IHE

IHE (www.ihe.net) is a global initiative, now in its seventh year that creates the framework for passing vital health information seamlessly - from application to application, system to system, and setting to setting - across multiple healthcare enterprises. IHE brings together healthcare information technology stakeholders to implement standards for communicating patient information efficiently throughout and among healthcare enterprises by developing a framework for interoperability. Because of its proven process of collaboration, demonstration and real world implementation of interoperable solutions, IHE is in a unique position to significantly accelerate the process for defining, testing, and implementing standards-based interoperability among electronic health records systems.

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