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3 Trends Urologists Should Watch
Value-Based Care
As life slowly begins to return to normal, urologists should expect some changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic to remain.
Detecting Endoscope Damage With AI
Software and IT
Reprocessing guidelines include visual inspection of endoscopes but identifying and determining the severity of damages can vary by observer. Could artificial intelligence help with this?
What Med-Tech Companies Should Expect from the FDA in ‘22
Public Health
Don’t expect product review delays to disappear anytime soon and be ready for increased oversight and enforcement, according to a MedTech Dive report.
Why Have Warning Letters to Device Manufacturers Plunged, And Will That Continue?
Prevention Challenges
Warning letters issued by Center for Devices and Radiological Health decreased from 81 in fiscal 2015 to 9 last year, a 90 percent drop. Expect that trend to reverse, according to an FDA official.
What 10 Years of Chronicling Med-Tech Hazards Reveals About Patient Safety
Preventing Infection
For the first time in a decade, the proper handling of flexible endoscopes was left off the annual Technology Hazards List from ECRI. This year’s list largely reflects the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
More From Single-Use Endoscopy
Emerging Technologies
Physicians, researchers, and other industry professionals will gather in San Diego for Digestive Disease Week 2022 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to go virtual each of the past two years.
Endoscopy Tech
Patient engagement and advancing diversity in urologic oncology were among the topics probed over three days in New Orleans as the American Urology Association held its annual meeting.
