The energy and climate change committee identified a series of problems with the roll-out plans, including issues with dealing with multiple occupancy buildings, the compatibility of technology from different suppliers, and a "slow start" to generating public enthusiasm for the new meters.
Standards that govern the compatibility of technology have rightly assumed newfound importance, and the process that creates them demands transparency and good governance.
Only a subset of CDS opportunities might be amenable to addressing particular performance gaps, due to either the effectiveness of current CDS technology or to the compatibility of those technologies with the unique aspects of workflow within the specialty.
Appraising the local environment for structural and cultural compatibility of the technologies is essential along with evidence for efficacy and cost-effectiveness to avoid waste of valuable resources and potential to cause inadvertent harm from inappropriate implementation.
Formative evaluation has traditionally focused on making applications and lessons "work"; however, many implementation problems are caused by non-technical/interface concerns and related to the compatibility of the technology with its surroundings.
Telemonitoring acceptance is also related to the perceived compatibility of this technology with the changing practice of primary healthcare providers related chronic care management.
The compatibility of the technology with most other radiologic imaging techniques allows the creation of combined modalities for simultaneous breast examinations that yield a superior feature set.
The perception of facilitators to telemonitoring adoption, the compatibility of this technology with clinical practices and its perceived usefulness are the most influential variables in the prediction of nurses', GPs', and paediatricians' intention to use this new technology.
Factors most frequently cited by non-participants as being "essential to participation" included compatibility of registry technology and office computers (N = 55, 58%), automated data entry (N = 44, 46%), and on-site technical assistance from registry staff (N = 31, 33%).
