Medical Technology

The correction is related to the Omnipod 5 Controller charging port (USB-C port) or cable (USB cable) melting, deforming, or discoloring.

Clinical trial consents happened 55 days sooner for patients using MatchMiner compared with those using non-MatchMiner channels

Increase in telemedicine use seen with age; use was higher for women than men and for non-Hispanic White and AI/AN adults

Improvement seen with electronic alert-triggered, patient-centered education bundle intervention or nurse feedback intervention

No significant difference seen in percentage of time that glucose level was below 54 mg/dL with bionic pancreas, standard care

Quality of YouTube videos for patients considering an implantable cardioverter defibrillator found to be highly variable, poor overall

Equipment issue may allow someone to break in and cause the pump to deliver too much or too little insulin to the patient

Individuals can complete the test in approximately 6 minutes, at which point the test results will be made available to an eye care professional.

The clearance was based on data from a single-arm multicenter clinical trial that evaluated the Omnipod 5 system in 80 children aged 2 to 5.9 years with type 1 diabetes.

The complexities of today’s high-tech methods of communication, data sharing, and data storage lay practices open to unforeseen and constantly changing threats, requiring vigilance and training of medical staff.