Archive for February, 2008

Class I Medical Devices?

Friday, February 15th, 2008

The last time I checked, the FDA web site defines a Class I medical device as presenting, “minimal potential for harm to the user and often simpler in design.” The examples used are, “elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.” However, FDA is now proposing that the software that goes into Class III devices [...]

Learn From the Best

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

The HL7 organization is offering online courses to learn … HL7. Sounds pretty cool. I especially like the “online” part. This is from their press release:
Taught by HL7 certified professionals, participants will work on real-world exercises to learn how to confront a project involving interoperability among disparate healthcare information systems. They will also learn how [...]