As hospitals in the UK and Indonesia grappled with the Ransomware attack, the susceptibility of medical devices to cyber attacks again made news across the globe. One of the most conservative verticals of the life sciences industry, the manufacturers of medical...
New European Medical Devices Regulations: How can Manufacturers Deal with It?
The new European Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) will replace the existing Active Implantable Medical Device Directive (AIMDD) and the Medical Device Directive (MDD). As the new regulation is all set to take over, the manufacturers of medical devices will have to...
Top 3 Ways in which Big Data Can Transform Patient Monitoring
As the traditional healthcare industry is moving towards an era of open information, big data has emerged as a potent tool to provide smart, data-driven thinking. Until recently, most stakeholders in the medical industry had underinvested in information technology....
Medical Devices Security: New Challenge in the Life Sciences Industry
Cyber criminals are not just looking out for your bank and credit card details alone. In fact, there are good chances that your medical devices might get hacked as well. Hacking of medical devices is no longer just a chapter of some popular sci-fi novel; rather it has...
Understanding the Health Economics Behind Medical Devices
Traditionally, health economics studies the manner in which limited resources are allocated to provide better health care services. It also takes into consideration how medical services can be better distributed among individuals and groups. Currently, the healthcare...
Role of Quality Medical Devices in Effective Delivery of Medical Services
'Compliance by inspection' is no longer the only standard medical devices must meet. As the medical device industry enters its mature stage, manufacturers have understood that regulatory compliance and quality are altogether two different things. The growing...
Building Automation Systems & Internet of Things- Seamless Integration Leads to Profitability
With an aim to ‘go green’, be infinitely more secure, and trim down their carbon footprints, more and more supervisors and building owners are tuned to restraining CO2 emissions, reducing energy consumption and enhancing security with the aid of Building Automation...
If Your Packaging Isn’t Smart, Green or Digital, You Should Worry!
Packaging is often used as a marketing tool to promote the brand, also indulge in some cross-branding while its primary objective is to protect the product. As much as we enjoy bursting the bubbles off the bubble wrap, little do we know that - Styrofoam and bubble...
Road to Smarter Cities : Smart Highways Coming Our Way Soon
Today, roads aren’t just conduits that connect one place to another, they can now be utilized for multiple applications, best expressed in the form of Smart Highways. The terms, smart highway and smart roads are expressed for the usage of smart technologies in road...