FDA Drafts Health Data Sharing Guidance for Medical Devices

According to Health IT Security, “The FDA has released draft guidance on health data sharing for medical device manufacturers to help alleviate patient privacy concerns.  According to recent draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), medical...

Electronic Alerts to Doctors Could Be Health Hazard to Patients

According to an article in the Washington Post, doctors, pharmacists, and nurses are being bombarded with electronic alerts regarding their patients, otherwise known as alert fatigue.  “One alert might signal that a drug being prescribed could interact badly...

Zimmer Biomet to Buy Fellow Medical Device Maker LDR Holding

According to the Wall Street Journal, “Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it would buy fellow medical device maker LDR Holding Corp. for $1.07 billion, a move to beef up its presence in the global spine market.”  For more information on this merger,...

Study Shows MRI Technology Faster At Diagnosing Sepsis

“Sepsis is a blood borne infection, where the speed of diagnosis may mean the difference between prolonged stay in the hospital in a compromised stay, sometimes even death, and quick recovery without injury to other organs,” states an article via...

These Threats Can Take Down a Device Company

“Too big to fail? Not in the device industry.  In fact, the two largest device companies to default in the last 30 years were taken down by product liability claims related to non-key products. That’s one takeaway from a report published earlier this year...