According to Cynerio’s 2022 State of Healthcare IoT Device Security Report, 53% of internet-connected medical devices analyzed had a known vulnerability, while one-third of bedside devices had a critical risk. (Cynerio observed over 10 million medical devices at over 300 hospitals and medical facilities across the world). As per the [...]
Medical device companies who wish to sell their products in their respective countries must adhere to the regulations provided by the country’s regulatory bodies for labeling medical devices. Do you know? One-third of all medical errors are caused by poor labeling. Labeling and packaging issues are the leading causes of [...]
Digital disruption has impacted the healthcare industry enormously and kick started various innovations in the area of medical devices. This helped people to connect effectively with the latest medical devices embedding software that delivers better healthcare services. Medical devices are critical for patient care as they directly impact human [...]
Security has been an issue of contention in healthcare. The patient’s data is vulnerable to attackers due to the lack of familiarity and poor implementation of security in healthcare. With the advent of the current pandemic, the situation has become even worse, as the recent findings show no experiential evidence of [...]
Amidst the growing healthcare connectivity with widespread adoption of medical IoT devices and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), cyberattacks and patient privacy concerns are also on a rise. During the pandemic, the healthcare industry has taken some immediate and urgent measures to address the lack of sufficient resources and [...]
WHO defines a medical device as an article, instrument, apparatus, or machine that is used in the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease, or for detecting, measuring, restoring, correcting or modifying the structure or function of the body for some health purpose. Typically, the purpose of a medical [...]
With the positive corona virus cases crossing over 1 million globally, we are at a risk of overwhelming our healthcare systems. Hospitals are stretching thin as the demand for critical care capacity surges and the supply falls short against the total projected number of cases. As per Mckinsey, the critical care capacity of the hospitals [...]
Healthcare and Lifesciences industry is metamorphosizing into an evolved, digitally-advanced, technology-driven, consumer-centric sector. As against the existing uptightness toward digital adoption, the industry is burgeoning with innovative solutions for delivering enhanced care to the patients. Coming out of its shell and dissolving the silos, healthcare sector is openly and [...]
Speed and quality are the core essentials for serving the healthcare sector effectively. The challenges and undying demands of the sector have led to major inventions and enhancements. Digitization is one of the major breakthroughs that healthcare has witnessed. It implies connecting people and devices, and deriving meaningful inferences [...]
As far as medical devices go, there is more to testing than just plain verification and validation. The technology you put in is important, but the outcomes are more critical than technology implementations. They can be put into real time operational use only after stringent regulatory guidelines laid out [...]
