The Inside Story on Wireless in Health Care - A Discussion with David Hoglund
Join me for an in-depth discussion with David Hogland, a long time colleague of mine as we discuss...
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Category: Wireless
Connectivity Standards Adoption Over Time
I was listening today to the CE-IT Webinar on CE and HIT from the 2014 AAMI conference in...
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Guidelines for Using Wi-Fi for Medical Devices
On a recent LinkedIn group discussion, the following question was posed by Taimoore (Tim) Rajah of...
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Wireless Sensor Design Challenges: Gateways
Wireless sensors are intended to operate via short range wireless communications. That's why...
Read MoreFDA Issues Final Guidance on Wireless Medical Devices
On August 14, 2013, AAMI reports that the FDA has, "issued a new guidance document on integrating RF technology into medical devices." You can read the FDA blog post on this guidance here. The draft version of this guidance on...
Read MoreFDA Offers (draft) Guidance on Cyber Security
The FDA has issued a draft guidance document on the expected content of premarket submissions with respect to medical device cybersecurity. This guidance targets individual medical devices rather than the network they may be...
Read MoreWi-Fi Capacity and New Devices
A recent NY Times article reported that hotel Wi-Fi capacity was again being challenged, this time by iPads and other tablets, or more specifically, tablet users. The Times notes that these users may have a smart phone and...
Read MoreConsumer Connectivity Issues
From time to time, patients or family members leave comments about problems they've had. This is not a consumer oriented site, and most patient's are not in a position to avail themselves of assistance from me or another...
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Navigating Regulatory Uncertainty for Smartphones
Uncertainty abounds regarding the potential regulation of smartphone apps by FDA and other...
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Why Medical Device Makers Love/Hate Wi-Fi
In this post we're going to lift the window shade a bit on why many manufactuers love Wi-Fi, and...
Read MoreFCC Seeks Comment (Again) on MBANs
The same vague promises of working out an industry standard after the fact were made when WMTS was created.
Read MoreMedical Device System Network Install Issues
If a medical device system runs on a network (physically separate or as a VLAN on your hospital enterprise network) the network is part of the medical device.
Read MoreMarket Trends Series: Wireless Connectivity
There are quite a few device manufacturers that offer wireless in their devices. However, there are really only a few vendors that have done wireless right.
Read MoreIs WPA TKIP Vulnerable to Attacks?
When you use wireless LAN or Wi-Fi® technology to connect medical devices to a network, you need to ensure that all data transmitted over the air is viewed only by the intended recipient. A key part of protecting transmitted...
Read MoreConvergence Summit - Day One
Many companies are too focused on finishing a product, and missing things in regulatory and the “whole product solution” that will drive adoption.
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