HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“Healthcare is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented pressure and disruption — including affordability challenges, shifting patient expectations, and an increasing deluge of health data,” said Tim Durst, a managing director at Accenture who leads the global medical technology sector in the company’s Life Sciences practice.

Life Sciences 59

Life Sciences Medical Technology Home Care Regulations 59

Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Trust and Design : Looking closely at data protection issues with a particular emphasis on questions of consent and trust in the context of the new data that is created by medical technologies.

Medical Technology 85

Medical Technology Regulations Prevention Healthcare 85

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 18, 2021

In view of this, regulators have demonstrated unprecedented flexibility and collaboration with key industry players to support the delivery of treatments to the market. First, regulators liberally issued Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for COVID-19 products to expedite the testing, treatment, and vaccination of patients.

Regulations 52

Regulations Pharmaceuticals Integration Medical Technology 52

Bill Of Health

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

From national disparities across populations, to global inequalities in access, to scarce medical technologies, from ventilators to vaccines, inequalities have been an overriding feature of this pandemic. Deep inequities and discrimination were manifested across the board.

Accountability 113

Accountability Regulations Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals 113

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

She has previously published articles on synthetic biology regulation and governance, end stage renal disease payment reform, and comparative analyses of learning disorder policy. At HLS, she co-leads the Harvard Health Law Society and serves on the editorial board of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology.

Biotechnology 52

Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals Medical Technology Regulations 52

Sheppard Health Law

APRIL 13, 2022

On March 18, 2022, AdvaMed announced updates to the Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals (“Code”), a voluntary code that provides medical technology companies with guidance on ethically compliant interactions and relationships with healthcare professionals. The changes will take effect on June 30, 2022.

Medical Technology 52

Medical Technology Healthcare Providers Healthcare Regulations 52

Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

What’s unclear is how public policy and regulation can/will meet this moment. We can expect connected fitness, gaming, voice, and autos will all connect to our health care in the growing Internet of Healthy Things. The supply and demand side for this is clear to forecast in my scenario planning these days.

Healthcare 174

Healthcare Life Sciences Regulations Hospitals 174

Health Populi

JULY 22, 2021

Evidence supporting the use of digital health tools if growing, tracked in Digital Health Trends 2021: Innovation, Evidence, Regulation, and Adoption from IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. In the Age of COVID, over 90,000 new health apps were released, as the supply of digital therapeutics and wearables grew in 2020.

Regulations 144

Regulations Life Sciences Medical Technology Healthcare 144

Briggs Healthcare

MARCH 21, 2023

Also included below is a list of general cybersecurity competencies that are introduced to students and clinicians throughout the training.

Safe Practices 52

Safe Practices Accountability Patient Safety Clinical Practice 52

Sheppard Health Law

JUNE 29, 2022

No implementing regulations have been published to alleviate any of these ambiguities. In Schena , thecourt addressed a motion by Mark Schena, the President of Arrayit Corporation, a publicly traded medical technology company in California, to dismiss criminal charges filed against him for violating EKRA (among other charges).

Accountability 52

Accountability Medical Technology Regulations 52

Healthcare ECONOMIST

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Of particular interest from the health economics side: To model the impact of a potential change in the current intellectual property regime, our study assesses what the impact of overriding intellectual property rights for 10% of drugs would be.

Life Sciences 66

Life Sciences Pharmaceuticals Medical Technology Regulations 66

Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

In doing so, the Court returned the full power to regulate abortion to the states,” sourcing the Dobbs decision. The issue statement begins with ECRI’s noting, “On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not provide a right to an abortion, overruling Roe v.

Patient Safety 73

Patient Safety Health Technology Nursing Prevention 73

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

But the private sector can only do as much with the obstacles of government regulations and other market barriers long preventing the spread of telehealth in the U.S. Joseph Health (literally “Ground Zero” for Patient 1 of COVID-19 in the U.S.) As the Chinese proverb goes, “A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.”.

Telemedicine 116

Telemedicine Medicare Prevention Regulations 116

Patient Safety Movement

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The NPSB would not regulate and would not serve as an accreditation, licensing, or public reporting body. The Foundation’s annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit brings together all stakeholders, including patients, healthcare providers, medical technology companies, government employers, and private payers.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Accountability Prevention Hospitals 52

Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2019

Those of us who have worked in the health care ecosystem for some years know that the industry doesn’t change fast.

Doctors 75

Doctors Regulations Nursing Hospitals 75

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This regime was streamlined and universalized with the establishment of the WHO and its 1951 international sanitary regulations (renamed as International Health Regulations [IHR] in 1969) that replaced the previous treaties and led eventually to the 2005 IHR. The concern in developed countries shifted to non-communicable diseases.

Regulations 143

Regulations Prevention Medical Technology 143

Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

When a new technology or product starts to get used in a market, it follows a diffusion curve whose slope depends on the pace of adoption in that market.

Urgent Care 77

Urgent Care Medical Technology Patient Experience Population Health 77

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

New mRNA vaccines, underpinned by decades of public investment , had been authorized by global regulators. Patents and trade secrets empower private actors to make decisions about pricing, production, and supply of important medical technologies — in short, about public health.

Pharmaceuticals 98

Pharmaceuticals Medical Technology Regulations Health Technology 98

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

The heart has been a digital health focus at CES for several years as sensors got added to wristworn activity trackers and mobile apps married to medical technologies that were once only available for use in a doctor’s office or outpatient clinic. Heart health at home. The deal has not yet been approved by the U.S.

Hospitals 73

Hospitals Doctors Patient Experience Health Technology 73

Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

That’s what government regulation and intervention are for, to make more fair and effective the lack of a real health care market. We can’t ask health care stakeholders, whether providers or IT developers, to do all the heavy lifting of building American healthcare back better, more cost-effectively, and equitably.

Tertiary Care 160

Tertiary Care Primary Care Prevention Pharmaceuticals 160

Patient Safety Movement

AUGUST 29, 2023

It appears these concerns were not taken seriously, that hospital management was fearful of reputational damage, and that those doctors raising concerns were seen to be acting inappropriately and possibly warranting a poor conduct referral to the General Medical Council.

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Hospitals Prevention Doctors 52

Health Populi

MARCH 23, 2021

In 2021, racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a top patient safety issue, according to ECRI’s annual list of major concerns facing healthcare consumers’ risks to adverse events that can harm them.

Patient Safety 140

Patient Safety Accountability Healthcare Medical Technology 140

Patient Safety Movement

JANUARY 31, 2024

Two reports cited in Ars Technica reveal that medical errors rise and quality of care ratings drop when private equity firms purchase and operate hospitals, as they cut corners, slash services, lay off staff, take on debt, and reduce charity care. Therefore, why my optimism today?

Patient Safety 52

Patient Safety Prevention Hospitals Integration 52

Health Advances

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Earlier this year, Venus MedTech’s in-house developed transcatheter pulmonic valve replacement (TPVR) system, VenusP-Valve, became not only the first Chinese-made artificial heart valve approved in Europe , but also the first Class III implantable cardiovascular device approved under the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR).

Medical Technology 52

Medical Technology Regulations Integration Healthcare 52

Bill Of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Giant corporations such as Apple and Facebook have offered funding for social egg freezing to their female employees while provoking ongoing bioethical and public debates regarding their implications, including; medicalization , (dis)empowerment , “appropriate” motherhood , medical risks, and success rates.

Regulations 57

Regulations Doctors Prevention Medical Tourism 57

Health Populi

JULY 2, 2018

consumers think major tech companies should be regulated more than they currently are; in particular, 57% of Democrats believe in more regulation for tech firms compared with 44% of Republicans. Younger people age 18-29 have more faith in technology companies’ intentions for good versus “bad.”

Healthcare 48

Healthcare Regulations Pharmaceuticals Health Data 48