OBJECTIVES As wearable sensors take the consumer market by storm, and medical device manufacturers move to make their devices wireless and appropriate for ambulatory use, this revolution brings with it some unintended consequences, which we aim to discuss in this paper. METHODS We discuss some important unintended consequences, both beneficial and unwanted, which relate to: modifications of b...

A design of a low-profile and printed array antenna for wireless access points futuristic healthcare devices is presented in this manuscript. The derived from dipole configuration optimized using an empirical approach to achieve enhanced bandwidth, gain efficiency performances. on Rogers RT-5880 laminate with permittivity 2.2 thickness 0.508 mm. overall footprint the covers 27.5 × 39.1 mm2 subs...

BACKGROUND To explore factors that influence and to identify initiatives to improve the recognition, reporting and resolution of device-related incidents. METHODS Semi-structured telephone interviews with 16 health professionals in two tertiary care hospitals were conducted. Purposive sampling was used to identify appropriate study participants. Transcribed interviews were read independently ...

BACKGROUND Environmental surfaces play an important role in the transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens. Because environmental cleaning is often suboptimal, there is a growing demand for safe, rapid, and automated disinfection technologies, which has lead to a wealth of novel disinfection options available on the market. Specifically, automated ultraviolet-C (UV-C) devices have grown in...

Internet of Things (IoT) rises as a powerful domain where embedded devices and sensors can connect and exchange information over the Internet. The importance of IoT devices and data can be critical, so security constraints are required to keep IoT data safe from intruders; authentication is one of basic and important means to confirm data privacy and security. The nature of IoT devices as a res...

The recent introduction of networked medical devices has posed many benefits for both the healthcare industry and improved patient care. However, because of the complexity of these devices, in particular the advanced communication ability of these devices, security is becoming an increasing concern. This paper presents work to develop a framework to assure the security of medical devices being ...

State-of-the-art mobile medical devices provide important therapeutic functions with valuable information of treatment patterns at the point-of-care. However, such devices mostly remain independent islands of information being unable to share the medical data they gather with other medical devices, hospital information system or laboratory information system on a real-time basis. Standards orga...

Background: Policies for health technologies such as medical devices are essential and contribute to improved quality of healthcare. The regulation, assessment, and management represent important functions of medical devices. Insufficiently developed interactions between these functions impact the quality of delivered healthcare. To date studies lack to analyse these functions in a broad way. T...