Prototyping is ubiquitous in the product development world these days. Rapid prototyping methods, tools, and techniques are widely applied in the process of creating products. With proper ...

Medical software is the backbone of modern healthcare, supporting electronic health records (EHRs), diagnostic systems, imaging technologies and embedded software in medical devices like pacemakers ...

Many medical device companies develop software using a traditional waterfall methodology in which each step is taken in sequence: requirements, design, implementation, verification, and validation ...

Discover how software developers for medical-device OEMs are balancing innovation and safety, and the challenges they face in making it happen. The medical-device industry is rapidly advancing, from ...

Hacking pacemakers and insulin pumps is mostly hype; thankfully the scary stories are just that, scary possibilities that could supposedly happen if attackers were to target vulnerable devices. Some ...

Secure by design didn’t just pop up in the medical device industry with the update to the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) guidance on cybersecurity recommendations. However, its inclusion in this ...

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Embedded systems are used in many things from cars to medical devices to home security systems and are becoming increasingly popular in our daily lives. They are becoming integral to our familiar ...

Understanding best practices for mobile device security in today’s healthcare environment can be challenge for many organizations. As mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones become more ...

Late last month, India’s drug regulator came out with a draft guidance document to regulate “medical device software” — this move, the medical device industry agrees, could not have come sooner. The ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Internet-connected medical devices represent a fast-growing ...