Medical Technology

Equipment issue may allow someone to break in and cause the pump to deliver too much or too little insulin to the patient

Individuals can complete the test in approximately 6 minutes, at which point the test results will be made available to an eye care professional.

The clearance was based on data from a single-arm multicenter clinical trial that evaluated the Omnipod 5 system in 80 children aged 2 to 5.9 years with type 1 diabetes.

The complexities of today’s high-tech methods of communication, data sharing, and data storage lay practices open to unforeseen and constantly changing threats, requiring vigilance and training of medical staff.

New technology in the form of smart pills and bottles could help in reducing nonadherence in both clinical trials and individual patient pharmacologic treatment plans.

The market for health-related smartphone applications (apps) as diagnostic tools is rapidly expanding, but the safety, efficacy, accuracy, and risks associated with these apps for both physicians and consumers are largely unknown.