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Musings on the New ‘Right-to-Repair’ Act
In this Soapbox column, G. Wayne Moore, CEO of Acertara Acoustic Laboratories and 2020 chair of MITA/NEMA’s Ultrasound Section, shares his thoughts on the Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act of 2020. Don’t miss out.
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PopularThe Great Wait: Will the FDA Increase Service Regulations or Not?
Since March 2015, the FDA has been collecting information and receiving factual and anecdotal comments concerning whether there is a public health and safety issue that warrants increased regulation and oversight of medical device companies and individuals. This issue culminated in October’s two-day workshop of presentations to the FDA, which biomedical expert Patrick Lynch details in the latest installment of The LynchPin.
Viewpoint: Is It Really About Patient Safety?
Here, Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of The Repair Association, discusses a new argument against IFixit.com and reveals why she doesn’t buy it.
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U.S. PIRG: Proprietary Medical Device Repair Could Threaten Patients
A new report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund details the challenges that medical professionals face as a result of device manufacturers setting up barriers to repair and outlines steps to help hospitals.
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Why Repair Techs Are Hacking Ventilators with DIY Dongles from Poland
Novel times call for novel solutions—a truth that certainly rings true in the case of inventive healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals. Just look at how they are handling ventilators amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Medical Device Maker Threatens iFixit Over Ventilator Repair Project
IFixit.com, which 24×7 Magazine profiled in depth recently, has received a letter from a medical equipment provider claiming that the website violated its copyrights.
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Medical Device Repair Again Threatened with Copyright Claims
Below, Kit Walsh, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, shares what she perceives to be the latest threat against the Right to Repair movement.
Read MoreBreaking Down iFixit.com
iFixit.com is a free repair site with information on how to fix everything from iPhones to kitchen appliances. Now, medical devices are included in that list. iFixIT CEO Kyle Wiens breaks down the site here.
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Broken Ventilators Spark Push to End Limits on Who Can Fix Them
An unlikely group of individuals has joined the Right to Repair movement in response to the COVID-19 crisis: a group of state officials.
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Hospital BMETs: Just Let Us Repair Life-Saving Devices
U.S. PIRG delivered a letter to congressional lawmakers on Monday, May 18, signed by 326 hospital repair experts, calling for manufacturers to stop withholding what HTM professionals need to repair medical equipment, such as ventilators.
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iFixit Launches Biomed Manual and Q&A Community
What if there was a central resource that was up to date with all the latest manuals that BMETs need? For the last two months, iFixit has been building just that—a medical equipment service database.
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ACCE, U.S. PIRG Advocate for Right to Repair amid Pandemic
Public advocacy group U.S. PIRG and the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) have coauthored a letter advocating for increased cooperation between original equipment manufacturers, hospital-based HTM professionals, and independent service organizations.
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Viewpoint: Fighting for the Right to Repair
Here, Gay Gordon-Byrne, the executive director of The Repair Association, shares how the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on the Right to Repair movement and what this may mean for the future.
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Opinion: Repairing Ventilators That Can Save Coronavirus Patients Shouldn’t Be a Business Decision
Below, Colorado Association of Biomedical Technicians President Leticia Reynolds and Kevin O’Reilly, the Right to Repair Campaign advocate for U.S. PIRG., share how the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a spotlight on the Right to Repair and why they believe HTM professionals needs repair manuals—now.
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