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Reader Questions: Don’t Shirk on Medical Device Management
Question: We monitor many of our Medicare beneficiaries through medical devices, particularly patients struggling with chronic diseases. During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) our remote monitoring practices have only escalated, should we be concerned about our patients’ medical devices being hacked with so many reports of heightened cyberattacks in the news?
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Answer: Yes, medical device safety has become a major concern with so many providers tracking patients’ progress through applications and devices during the pandemic; the risks have increased exponentially. In fact, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new brief, &ldquo...
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