AdvaMed Floats Human Factors Design As Industry Cost-Containment Strategy
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Device firms can contribute to the health care cost-containment aims of the Obama administration by making devices less prone to human error, industry reps say
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