As our society becomes more dependent on technology, in-tune companies seek to modernize their operational systems. This transition is essential for the healthcare sector as well. Although the United States has one of the most advanced hospital systems in the world, the pandemic has exposed many shortcomings. 

“Many of the medical devices found in hospitals are still not connected to electronic medical systems,” says Justin Ramsaran, the CEO of R Group, which is focused on providing solutions for healthcare’s most prevalent issues. “The problem is that the information on those devices is not unified throughout the care continuum, resulting in cascading, costly errors. We are solving this with our simplified health-tech platform that connects these unconnected medical devices and optimizes them for the 21st century. All medical personnel, no matter where they are in a hospital, will now be able to access the full history of a patient’s stay.” 

Ramsaran further elaborates that the legacy systems are fragmented leading to the issues that hospitals face today. This current situation cannot continue as is, almost demanding a transformation of their operations. In many legacy systems, devices and software solutions are fragmented throughout the care continuum. This disconnect between these siloed data systems creates clinical inefficiencies that hinder innovation and grossly impact the quality of patient care.  

“Healthcare interoperability as a whole is a large ecosystem that encompasses technology solutions, medical devices, clinical users, and patients,” Ramsaran states. “Healthcare systems need health-tech solutions – both software and hardware – that can seamlessly integrate into their environments, operating almost like the connective tissue that holds together data systems. Over the last twelve years or so, many systems, ranging from medical devices to EMRs, were built for utility but were not an open platform for data exchanges within interoperability. This was considered minor, but ten years later and in the midst of a pandemic, it was seen how vital interoperability systems were and will continue to be for patient data exchanges.”  

Ramsaran sees the solution to be the empowerment of healthcare systems by redefining the status quo and thinking outside the box. His company, R Group, seeks to carry out these solutions by integrating medical devices with its health-tech. Integration leads to the health-tech optimizing workflow, eliminating operational inefficiencies, and improving clinical decision-making – all within one platform. These solutions enhance visibility across healthcare departments and multi-unit care teams with vendor-agnostic connectivity solutions.  

“Our pragmatic approach is to leverage the speed from the agile software world and combine it with healthcare standards to develop a health-tech solution that encapsulates everything from the platform to the ecosystem,” says Ramsaran. “We are reducing hospital overheads, simplifying the interoperability stack, increasing clinical efficiencies, and empowering new solutions. Our Open Health Architecture platform is an ecosystem that connects unconnected devices and data systems, resulting in more flexibility and accuracy within hospitals.”  

R Group focuses on Products/Services designed around Interoperability as a Service, which creates connectivity between various clinical systems to create a unified platform within hospitals. A few of the core components of its program include  

R Connect: Interoperability Data Exchange,  

RCX: Data Capture Device,  

Analog-RS: Legacy Connectivity  

Combined with R Group’s solutions, their CAS (Clinical Application Specialists) are subject matter experts on clinical workflows, data solutions, and interoperability to enable rapid adoption for new digital systems. By connecting the unconnected with transformative AI and its white-labeled device connectivity engine, R Group optimizes clinical workflows and improves patient care. 

“R Group’s platform enables the healthcare ecosystem to move at the speed of thought. This allows hospital staff to refocus on the core of patient care and enables confidence to make clinical decisions with informed data to impact patient lives,” Ramsaran says.   

R Group understands the healthcare industry’s immense need to connect all devices on one health-tech platform. “The advantages to doing so are significant,” says Ramsaran. “With a connectivity solution that is driven by tech and focuses the workflow, they will be able to reduce readmissions and operate more smoothly. R Group’s low-code/no code health-tech platform eliminates issues that are common with legacy systems and gives hospital staff the support they need the most. When we see unified data systems and reduced operational silos, we will really see what hospitals can do for their patients.”