Ransomware and Data Breaches Top Threats in Health IT
And medtech companies need to keep interoperability and security top of mind.
And medtech companies need to keep interoperability and security top of mind.
Jennifer Fried, CEO of ExplORer Surgical, explains the stress that COVID-19 has placed on healthcare and the shift in how medical device reps are connecting with hospitals and healthcare providers.
No longer just “the big company advantage,” Arlen Ward discusses how CM&S is an accepted and viable device industry path to market for large and small medical device makers alike.
The collective variables within the healthcare system make it difficult to guarantee device security all the time.
The non-profit organization states that 60–70% of KN95 masks tested do not filter 95% of aerosol particulates.
A Q&A with MedCrypt’s Axel Wirth sheds light on urgent problems that the medtech industry is facing regarding device security, but assures us that the sky is not falling.
Medical device recalls were up more than 31% during Q2 2020, activity that suggests recalls will reach 1200 by the end of the year, according to Stericycle’s latest recall report.
All industries under the healthcare umbrella should embrace each other’s capabilities because no single category of player can master it and bring to consumers all that we need and demand, says Stephen Bernstein of McDermott Will & Emery.
Companies developing technologies that integrate AI need to consider regulatory concerns, community demographics, fitting into existing workflows, technical proficiency of both the hospital personnel and consumers.
While companies developing solutions that address the current pandemic may be receiving an influx of financial support, recovery for companies in other segments of the industry is slow.