Eucomed Outlines Key Points for eHealth Uptake

European device association Eucomed is pointing to seven steps necessary to overcome uptake barriers of eHealth — using information technology in medical applications. As eHealth adoption expands, “medical devices will have to be developed in such a way that they can become part of this ‘system,’” Eucomed spokesman Thomas Lindemans told IMDRM. “Some devices will need to be capable of communicating with patient record systems, others will have to be adapted to use outside of the hospital environment and yet others will depend on decisionmaking systems, which will determine whether this product, or another, is being prescribed,” he said.
International Medical Device Regulatory Monitor