Opinion: DiMe: Calling all who serve in digital medicine
As our dependence on connected technologies increases, it's time to bring together digital medicine practitioners to ensure that the technologies brought to market are worthy of the trust we place…
From smart pacemakers to diagnostic algorithms and digital therapeutics, medicine is becoming more digitized every year. Digital medicine tools offer the possibility of improved health outcomes, lower costs, and better access to care. But the evidence base for the safety and effectiveness of these new products has not kept pace with their development. Given the great divide between the promised benefits of digital medicine and its potential risks, we need to know — not just believe — that the tools we use are trustworthy.
Organizations like the Food and Drug Administration are that encourages medical device manufacturers and security experts to work more collaboratively to bring better and safer products to market.
