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Medical Device Risk Management: An ISO14971 Update
In 2000, the first edition of ISO 14971 was released as the international standard for risk management of medical devices. This year, the ISO technical committee (ISO/TC 210) has been hard at work updating this globally-recognized standard. And while the fundamental...
Europe’s New Medical Devices Regulation: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
For the past 30 years, the European Union’s medical device market has been regulated by the Medical Devices Directive (MDD). The rapid development of hybrid technologies, tensions between EU member states, and highly bureaucratic procedures for resolving disputes made...
Artificial Intelligence: What you need to know about next-gen smart medical device compliance
Recent strides in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology is opening the door to the development of increasingly smart medical devices capable of turning big data and digital information into actionable insights for healthcare professionals. AI is...
Mobile Medical Apps
In today’s wireless world, it seems everyone has a smartphone and it’s revolutionizing how services and information are presented and accessed. In the healthcare industry, this means rapid advances in telemedicine and the development of mobile medical apps (MMAs)...
Digital Health Innovation and Regulatory Compliance
Advances in digital health technology and innovation are picking up speed as wireless communications continue to evolve and become incorporated in growing numbers of devices, systems, and networks. The cloud, , are only fueling the demand for wireless and cloud-based...
How Can You Outsource Quality Assurance?
If you’re a medical device manufacturer – and especially a smaller one, such as a recent start-up – the real question might be “How can you NOT outsource quality assurance?” Smaller firms such as start-ups are especially vulnerable to issues surrounding quality...