FDA Launches Next Gen Home Healthcare Device Development Program

With an aim of supporting patients, medical device developers and policymakers, the CDRH has launched a new initiative to deliver virtual reality-enabled models for use in the development of home-based care solutions.

The “Home as a Health Care Hub” program, a collaboration between the agency, patient groups, providers and other device industry stakeholders, will see the design of augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) home models that can be used as sandboxes for designing and evaluating at-home healthcare solutions.

CDRH has hired an architecture firm specialized in designing “innovative buildings with health and equity in mind … to consider the needs of variable models of a home and tailor solutions with opportunities to adapt and evolve in complexity and scale.”

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