The document discusses options for connecting medical devices to electronic health record (EHR) systems through point-of-care interfaces. It outlines goals of meeting current clinical information system requirements, adopting a device gateway to connect to HL7 servers in the near future, and establishing a universal device interface standard long-term. The challenges of existing standards like MIB are described, as well as various current interface options between devices, bedside monitors, and EHR vendors. Standardization efforts are highlighted as important to focus engineering on healthcare applications rather than proprietary interfaces.