HIMSS19: Shaping the Future of Connected Healthcare

Every February, the global leaders in health‑tech converge in Orlando for HIMSS19—a week of education, networking, and innovation that attracts 45,000 IT professionals from 90+ countries. The event is a launchpad for breakthroughs that redefine patient care.

Technology That Will Shape Tomorrow’s Healthcare

RTI proudly introduces Connext 6, the first medical‑grade connectivity framework engineered to meet the rigorous demands of modern healthcare. Designed to deliver real‑time, secure, and interoperable data exchange, Connext 6 underpins AI and machine‑learning applications across clinical environments.

Developers building next‑generation medical devices must tackle five core challenges:

• Establish syntactic interoperability as the foundation for future standards‑based semantic data models.
• Guarantee compliance with regulatory security standards, such as the FDA’s Guidance on Cybersecurity.
• Enable real‑time access to patient data from a diverse array of near‑patient devices.
• Scale solutions to support thousands of nodes, creating robust infrastructure for manufacturers and providers.
• Build a highly reliable network with no single points of failure.

Connext 6 is the first market offering that addresses all these system‑level requirements. It empowers payors, providers, and device vendors to accelerate product launches, reduce costs, and concentrate on core competencies—system design, data analytics, and user experience—while relying on a proven connectivity foundation.

Attending HIMSS19? Visit RTI’s booth #8542, located just outside the interoperability showcase. Discover how Connext 6 is driving innovation and see a live demo of a DocBox‑powered IoT platform that exemplifies medical‑grade, standards‑based technology.

On Wednesday, February 13th at 2:30 pm, I’ll co‑present with Dr. Julian Goldman, a respected authority on interoperability and security, in the session “Embracing the IoT: Ideas Are Easy, Execution Is Hard.” Together we’ll explore the current state of healthcare IoT, identify critical gaps, and propose actionable solutions that leverage medical‑grade, standards‑based connectivity.

HIMSS19 marks a pivotal moment where the industry adopts transformative technologies that will power the future of care. Interoperable, secure device ecosystems can reduce medical errors, improve outcomes, and lower costs by delivering and analyzing unprecedented data volumes in real time. RTI’s Connext® DDS technology makes this vision attainable, enabling the development of data‑aware products that respond to the needs of modern medicine.

I look forward to discussing how these innovations can shape your organization. If you can’t meet us in Orlando, learn more about RTI in Healthcare at RTI Healthcare or contact me directly at davidn@rti.com.