Tag: medical device safety

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Beware of ‘Sticker Companies’

The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.

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Despite Successes, Lack of Regulation Raises Concerns Over Medical Devices

Growing concerns surround a lack of regulation for medical devices, which may lead to patients being unaware of medical device side effects.

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ECRI Workflow Solution Improves Healthcare Product, Standardization Decisions

ECRI released an enhanced technology solution designed to improve new healthcare product and standardization decisions.

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Beware of ‘Sticker Companies’

The dangers and liabilities of not having your equipment serviced by trained technicians.

New Medical Device Risk Assessment Toolkit Combats Cybersecurity, IoT Risks

Feb 8, 2022

CORL launched a medical device security assessment toolkit to combat medical device and IoT risks that may be introduced by third-party vendors.

FDA Must Improve Medical Device Interoperability Through Data Standards: JAMA

Feb 1, 2022

Medical researchers are calling on the U.S. FDA to place more emphasis on initiating conformity of medical device interoperability in the healthcare industry.

Contaminated Medical Devices Used in Open Heart Surgery Caused Severe Infection in Patients

Jan 20, 2022

In October 2015, Canadian Paul Johnson underwent open heart surgery to correct a defect in his aortic value. Unfortunately, the surgery didn’t go as expected due to a contaminated medical device. And now litigation is pending.

FDA’s Health of Women Strategic Plan to Better Inform Medical Device Research, Regulation

Jan 19, 2022

The plan seeks to strengthen regulatory science and identify current and emerging issues in medical device research and regulation for women’s health.

Utah’s Project Embrace Refurbishes Medical Devices for Those in Need

Jan 7, 2022

Project Embrace offers the provision of necessary medical resources to low-income, isolated, marginalized, or low-resource communities.

Unpacking Averages: Likelihood of FDA Medical Device Inspections

Jan 5, 2022

The FDA’s new medical device inspections dashboard indicates that there are county level hotspots for inspection rates, but not state or region hotspots.

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HTM: The Unsung Hero in Your Patient Satisfaction Strategy

Having an optimized HTM program that delivers efficiency and effectiveness to a hospital is an often-overlooked part of the patient satisfaction equation.