Thursday, March 12, 2015

FDA Issues Cybersecurity Guidelines for Connected Medical Devices

From the Arizona Telemedicine Program Blog:

Internet and Wirelessly Connected Medical Devices (“Devices”) are a cybersecurity concern of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as evidenced by guidance it issued in October 2014. The FDA Guidance does not have the force of law—but is highly influential in the medical device industry. Likely, failure of compliance will delay or prevent FDA approvals of such Devices.

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