Mayo Clinic December 9, 2021
John Halamka

The medical Internet of Things is filled with many valuable devices–and a few questionable ones. It’s critically important to separate clinically validated tools from marketing hype.

By John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform

When William Shakespeare penned the words “All that glitters is not gold,” it’s unlikely he had the Internet of Things (IoT) in mind. And yet that truism perfectly describes the situation many clinicians and patients find themselves in as they attempt to choose reliable remote monitoring tools. The potential pitfall is well illustrated by a recent warning letter sent by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to an IoT device vendor making unsubstantiated...

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