Equipment management system

A medical device management system comprising:

• a first local network appliance at a first medical facility and adapted to receive device data from a first set of medical devices;
• a second local network appliance at a second medical facility and adapted to receive device data from a second set of medical devices;
• a cloud based service located remotely from the first and second medical facilities and in communication with the first and second local network appliances, the cloud based service adapted to receive the device data from the first and second local network appliances;
• a user interface adapted to be displayed on a computer device, the user interface adapted to receive a data request from a user and to forward the data request to the cloud based service;
• wherein the first local network appliance and second local network appliance sends location information to the cloud based service, the location information identifies the medical facility, a specific location within the medical facility, and the path by which the location information is provided between the each medical device of the first set and the second set of medical devices and the cloud based service;
• wherein each medical device of the first set and second set of medical devices is configured to send an initial communication to the cloud based service which enables the cloud based service to send data back to that particular medical device;
• and
• wherein the cloud based service is adapted to select the first or second set of medical devices and to forward to the user interface processed data regarding the selected set of medical devices, the processed data being based upon the device data of the selected set of medical devices.

A medical device management system comprising:

• a local network appliance at a medical facility and adapted to receive device data from a plurality of local medical devices;
• a cloud based service located remotely from the medical facility and in communication with the local network appliance, the cloud based service adapted to receive the device data from the local network appliance;
• a user interface adapted to be displayed on a computer device located at the medical facility, the computer device adapted to communicate with cloud based service;
• and
• a sales database in communication with the cloud based service, the sales database containing a first list of sales records identifying which medical devices were sold to the medical facility;
• wherein each of the plurality of local medical devices is configured to send an initial communication to the cloud based service which enables the cloud based service to send data back to that particular medical device;
• wherein the cloud based service is adapted to compare the first list to a second list identifying the local medical devices that are in communication with the local network appliance and to identify any differences between the first and second lists;
• and
• wherein the computer device is adapted to display information regarding at least one of the differences.