Reference
Standards
Facility guidelines, interoperability specs, and regulatory frameworks.
10 guides
Technology
Medical Device Integration
The middleware layer that quietly determines whether a smart room actually works.
12 min · Updated Jun 2026
Privacy
HIPAA Basics
What HIPAA does, what it doesn't, and how it applies inside the room.
10 min · Updated Mar 2026
Standards
Healthcare Interoperability
HL7, FHIR, USCDI, and why moving data between systems is still hard.
12 min · Updated May 2026
Privacy
Privacy in the Room
Beyond HIPAA: what patients notice, what regulators enforce, and what good practice looks like.
8 min · Updated May 2026
Patient Safety
Alarm Management: From IEC 60601-1-8 to Actionable Signals
The engineering, human-factors, and policy layers that decide whether a bedside alarm helps or gets ignored.
11 min · Updated Jul 2026
Medical Equipment
Medical Gases at the Bedside
Oxygen, air, vacuum, and how NFPA 99 shapes what comes out of the wall.
10 min · Updated Jul 2026
Technology
EHR Integration Patterns for Bedside Devices
HL7 v2, FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and CDS Hooks — when to use each, and why most rooms still run all four.
12 min · Updated Jul 2026
Security
Cybersecurity for Connected Medical Devices
SBOMs, network segmentation, and how FDA premarket guidance is reshaping bedside procurement.
11 min · Updated Jul 2026
Monitoring
Early Warning Scores, Explained
NEWS2, MEWS, and their peers turn continuous vitals into a single deterioration signal. How they're built, and where they fail.
9 min · Updated Jun 2026
Research
The Research Landscape for Inpatient Technology
Where the credible evidence about hospital rooms actually comes from — journals, registries, funders, and their blind spots.
10 min · Updated May 2026