The current lack of interoperability between medical devices and other healthcare IT tools represents both a safety dilemma and an ethical issue, according to leaders with the Center for Medical Interoperability. That medical devices and other healthcare IT tools ca n't efficiently communicate machine - to - machine is an ethical issue and a safety concern , according to the Society for Medical Interoperability , adding " This lack of plug - and - play technology can compromise patient safety , impact care quality and outcomes , contribute to clinician fatigue and cost billions of dollars each year " . Large players in the market need to take a stand and only buy devices that work with each other in order to mitigate the problem .
That medical devices and other healthcare IT tools ca n't efficiently communicate machine - to - machine is an ethical issue and a safety concern , according to the Society for Medical Interoperability , adding " This lack of plug - and - play technology can compromise patient safety , impact care quality and outcomes , contribute to clinician fatigue and cost billions of dollars each year " . Large players in the market need to take a stand and only buy devices that work with each other in order to mitigate the problem .