Changes to medical devices

Proposed amendments to the medical devices Directives.

As 2005 came to a close, the European Commission issued its formal proposal for a Directive amending the medical devices Directives. This article discusses certain aspects of the proposed amendments and encourages readers to review them in their entirety.

Cybercrimes pose growing threat to medical devices.

S ecuring medical devices against cyberattacks or malware outbreaks and safeguarding protected health information (PHI) stored on devices or exchanged between a device and the provider’s network is a growing challenge for clinical engineers and hospital information technology (IT) professionals.1 This article will analyze two general trends with regard to their impact on a medical device securi...

Barriers to innovation in the field of medical devices MedicAl devices : MAnAging the Mismatch

Changes in Medical Education Programs to Meet Community Needs

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Wearable Medical Devices

A wearable medical device can be defined as a device that is autonomous, that is noninvasive, and that performs a specific medical function such as monitoring or support over a prolonged period of time. The term ‘‘wearable’’ implies that the support environment is either the human body or a piece of clothing. Handheld and portable devices are therefore not strictly speaking wearable, but this d...