All 50 states have introduced Right to Repair legislation, and seven have passed laws—largely focused on electronics and appliances—leaving questions about whether, and how, medical devices should be included.
California passed a sweeping right-to-repair law for consumer electronics that will require device manufacturers to provide parts and tools.
Two CEOs of third-party service companies that contract with OEMs say they’ve been “struck by the mischaracterizations some ISOs have put forward in their attempts to confuse policymakers about the medical device service industry.” They share their potentially controversial opinions here.
In this case study, learn how one Georgia health network tasked an independent service organization with improving women’s imaging equipment uptime while slashing costs.
The remanufacturing of medical devices may start to become a larger part of the Right to Repair movement conversation.