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EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 38 MIN

Alarm Fatigue, Workflow Integration, and the Intelligent Operating Room (Professor Aamer Ahmed)

from The Med Device Cyber Podcast

Devices that do not integrate into the clinical workflow sit unused regardless of technical sophistication. Physicians work in high-pressure environments where equipment must be 100 percent reliable, secure, and enhance workflow rather than disrupt it.Professor Aamer Ahmed, a Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at the University of Leicester, and co-founder of Hemeo, a medical technology company designing AI-based personalized Clinical Decision Support Systems for coagulation disorders, discusses with Christian Espinosa and Trevor Slattery why involving Key Opinion Leaders at the design stage prevents expensive redesigns, what alarm fatigue does to clinical decision-making, and how legal precedent will determine AI liability as therapeutic recommendations become more common.He also explains why the best medtech development approach involves spending time in hospitals observing physicians before engineering products, how digital twin models enable personalized clinical predictions, and why common sense is not always common practice in device design.The discussion offers practical advice for building devices clinicians actually use.Episode Breakdown:00:01 Introduction00:33 Role explanation02:49 KOL involvement03:32 Workflow integration05:36 Seamless design07:13 Problem-first approach07:35 Clinical observation08:45 Digital twin12:20 IT security18:30 AI support22:15 Accountability26:40 Alarm fatigue32:10 Liability34:07 Advice38:13 SimplicityThe Med Device Cyber Podcast is brought to you by Blue Goat Cyber, cybersecurity experts providing essential security solutions for the medical device industry. Learn more by visiting https://bluegoatcyber.com.If you're interested in our services or partnering with us, schedule a Discovery Session: https://meetings.hubspot.com/blue-goat-cyber/discovery-sessionChristian Espinosa is the CEO and founder of Blue Goat Cyber. Trevor Slattery is the Chief Operating Officer at Blue Goat Cyber.Christian Espinosa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianespinosa/Trevor Slattery on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-slattery-34852b1a9Blue Goat Cyber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-goat-cyber/Blue Goat Cyber on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluegoatcyber/Blue Goat Cyber on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluegoatcyber/Blue Goat Cyber on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BlueGoatCyber/?sub_confirmation=1

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