Device Consortium Tries To Shed Light on Patient Risk-Benefit Preferences
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The public-private Medical Device Innovation Consortium issued a report outlining strategies for incorporating patient preference data into device applications.
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