MedCity News May 14, 2024
Healthcare devices must be exempted from general right to repair legislation.
When a smartphone, computer, router, GPS, or any of the connected devices we use in our day-to-day lives malfunctions, there are frustrations. Maybe some family photos are lost or that time spent preparing an important presentation is squandered. Headaches, certainly, but usually minor ones.
But when a patient goes under the scalpel in an operating room, there is an expectation—a trust—that the necessary equipment will work as it should. It’s often a matter of life or death.
The presumption that medical devices will operate properly is fundamental. Like any modern technology, such important and finely calibrated equipment requires regular preventative maintenance and repair. It’s the Food and Drug Administration...
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