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Friday, 15 November 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 15 November 2013, 13:51 - Regulations
Today I begin a new series of articles about developing (or more broadly designing) a smartphone App that is a medical device.
Is your App a medical device and does it need to be CE Marked or FDA cleared ?
Friday, 8 November 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 8 November 2013, 20:36 - Misc
If usability is something theoretical for you, I encourage you to have a look at the World Usability Day.
The official theme of this year is: Healthcare: Collaborating for Better Systems
Dozens of events will be hosted by enthusiastic volunteers! Browse events on World Usability Day website. There's probably an event happening close to you.
Friday, 1 November 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 1 November 2013, 09:48 - Regulations
The last time I updated my essential list of guidances was in 2012. Today I've done a full refresh of that page with:
I hope you'll find all relevant regulatory information about software on that essential list of guidances.
Friday, 25 October 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 25 October 2013, 19:05 - Processes
Software testing is the keystone of bugs discovery. Most of software engineers and project managers think this assertion is true!
Friday, 18 October 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 18 October 2013, 13:38 - Templates
A new Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP) Template, more adapted to agile methods.
Friday, 11 October 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 11 October 2013, 14:08 - Processes
Your company develops medical web apps (HTML/JS, HTML5 or any other client-side technology) and your customers would like them to run on every web browser.
Web browsers are SOUP, according to IEC 62304. In case of Chrome and Firefox there are dozens of versions...
Does it mean that software has to be tested - and documented - with every single browser and every single version of the browser?
That's a nightmare!
Friday, 4 October 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 4 October 2013, 13:24 - Templates
Risk matrixes are a useful way to show graphically the ranges in which risks are acceptable, tolerable and unacceptable. Here is an excel sheet that automates the computation of ranges.
Friday, 27 September 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 27 September 2013, 10:36 - Misc
Apple now asking app developers to provide sources of medical information
says imedicalapps.com web site.
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
By Mitch on Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 17:28 - Regulations
After two years of gestation, FDA issues final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps!
Friday, 20 September 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 20 September 2013, 13:23 - Templates
Here is an update of Risk Management Plan and Risk Analysis Report templates.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
By Mitch on Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 13:57 - Misc
Here is a record of an interview on BBC News radio.
Friday, 13 September 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 13 September 2013, 13:22 - Templates
Here is an update of Software Test Plan, Software Test Description, and Software Test Report templates.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
By Mitch on Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 13:28 - Misc
Last week in stumbled upon a video made by Paul Sonnier, head of the Digital Health Group on Linkedin.
Friday, 6 September 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 6 September 2013, 13:21 - Templates
Here is an update of System Architecture Description template and Software Detailed Design template.
Friday, 30 August 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 30 August 2013, 13:45 - Templates
Here is an update of Software Requirements Specifications template.
Friday, 16 August 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 16 August 2013, 13:46 - Misc
Summer break.
See you at the end of the month with new templates and new articles about hot subjects like mobile apps or software risks management.
Friday, 9 August 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 9 August 2013, 14:25 - Regulations
FDA recognizes 25 standards about risk management, interoperability and cybersecurity.
More on AAMI news website and the link to the Federal Register notice of Aug 6, 2013.
Friday, 2 August 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:12 - Regulations
To continue the topic about FDA draft guidances related to software and information systems, the FDA put in its top list the release of the Guidance of Mobile Medical Apps.
Guidance of Mobile Medical Apps is in the "A-list" of FDA and should be released by the end of 2013.
In hot topics, we have also a warning letter sent by the FDA to Biosense Technologies. The mobile App named uChek Urine Analyzer and developed by Biosense Technologies, falls into the category of medical devices, says FDA. Biosense claims on its website that the App turns the smartphone into a medical lab.
With such claim, it's not surprising that the FDA wants Biosense to submit a 510k!
Saturday, 27 July 2013
By Mitch on Saturday, 27 July 2013, 09:58 - Regulations
At be beginning of june 2013, the International Medical Devices Regulators Forum (IMDRF) published a proposed document on standalone software definitions.
The goal of this document is to harmonize the key definitions related to standalone software.
Friday, 19 July 2013
By Mitch on Friday, 19 July 2013, 13:50 - Regulations
This is the second part of our discussion about Unique Device Identification (UDI).
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