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In 2015, the Medical Devices Group surpassed 300,000 members. We gave eight free webinars, hosted the third annual 10x Medical Device Conference, and many of us met in person, talked here, and made valuable business connections. Here are the most pop...
With light readership during this holiday week, I want to thank you for being a member of this community. It's a pleasure to serve you. Take advantage of these Medical Devices Group resources for a successful 2016: MARKETING AND SALES TRAINING (Febru...
That's how much Triple-S Management Corp will pay for insufficiently protecting health information. See for what Health & Human Services said. It's not as though these rules just appeared. Group member and privacy expert Rebecca Herold writes, "Expec...
Unique device identification (UDI) expert, ReedTech's Gary Saner, has your answer key. ReedTech has processed more than 100,000 UDI applications for Class III devices and Class II implants, life-sustaining, and life-supporting devices marketed in the...
At last week's annual Exponential Medicine program from Singularity University, futurist and Google Director of Engineering Ray Kurzweil said, "I'm developing these neocortical models. We don't perfectly know how the neocortex works but we have enoug...
There’s a catchphrase on “The West Wing” television show that captures our experience building a community on LinkedIn. “I serve at the pleasure of the President.” In a similar fashion I, Joe Hage, serve at the pleasure of LinkedIn. If I play in thei...
I'm using this week's announcement to build on a post from my friend Sailesh Chutani, CEO of Mobisante. Shortened for brevity, he writes, "The premise of wearables is if folks could instrument themselves with appropriate sensors and become aware of l...
From Bloomberg: The U.S.’s biggest health insurer is considering pulling out of Obamacare, a month after saying it would expand its presence in the program. UnitedHealth Group Inc. is scaling back marketing efforts for plans it’s selling this year un...
I do, and I asked my wife the same thing as we watched "The Immortalists," a documentary about Doctors Bill Andrews and Aubrey de Grey, who want to "live forever or die trying." It was a mind-expanding film. See http://medgroup.biz/the-immortalists P...
ISO, the International Standards Organization, tells us risk-based changes to the ISO 13485 standard are "to be published by the end of 2015." The new 13485 will build upon principles laid out in ISO 14971, the current risk management standard for me...
