The Medical Futurist
JUNE 21, 2025
Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change , as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives. These systems will considerably reduce the workload of – but not replace- human healthcare professionals.
The Medical Futurist
JUNE 17, 2025
Additionally, by buying smart toothbrushes from companies like Procter & Gamble and Philips Oral Healthcare you agree to their privacy policies that enable them to share your data with third parties. As the technology is set to become an integral part of healthcare practice, it will also become incorporated into dental labs.
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FDA Law Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have aggressively pursued antikickback cases in the healthcare industry. HHS noticed an increasing trend of illegal kickbacks in connection with speaker programs and in November 2020, the Office of Inspector General issued a Special Fraud Alert on the topic.
The Medical Futurist
JUNE 21, 2025
Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. Are 3D printed and digital contact lenses the future? Yet, it might be a reality soon. A truly disruptive innovation: smart, cheap and potentially life-changing!
FDA Law Blog
APRIL 25, 2023
Shapiro — Does your firm manufacture a “cyber device”? Congress has given FDA the authority to require device manufacturers to provide cybersecurity information in their premarket submissions for a “cyber device.” Special 510(k)s. This example suggests that the prospects are poor for adding cyber features via a Special 510(k).
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Chemical characterization can also be useful in evaluating a change to the materials or manufacturing of a device. FDA suggests that test articles represent the worst-case manufacturing process, and provide the examples that the device undergoes the greatest number of sterilization and/or reprocessing cycles.
FDA Law Blog
MAY 7, 2025
The Seventh Circuit took a more lenient approach than the Fourth Circuit, focusing its rationale on whether an independent contractor had improper influence over a healthcare providers independent healthcare decisions. Physicians had ultimate control and exercised independent judgment over their patients healthcare decisions.
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