Digital Health

The US Food and Drug Administration and the Veterans Health Administration are partnering to create tools that can help novel technology reach patients more quickly and easily.

A proposed revision to the European Commission’s Product Liability Directive that will extend user compensation eligibility to products such as medical smartphone apps could “needlessly disrupt” innovation in the EU, trade group MedTech Europe warns.

In a report published September 26, the FDA released the findings from its software pre-certification program which include the need for a new regulatory authority to supplement current regulations for medical devices.

Start-up Esper Bionics has designed a prosthetic hand that can anticipate a user’s actions, changing the game for amputees.

Smith + Nephew is expanding its suite of simulation technologies to train surgeons on new techniques before they enter the operating room.

The American Telehealth Association has created a coalition with the mission of ensuring patients have a voice in the future of telehealth.

Medtech executives at the the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference talked about the challenges facing them now, including hospital staffing shortages, supply chain constraints, and inflation. Here are some of the highlights from their comments

The company received a $5m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve access to medical imaging across Sub-Saharan Africa.