​The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has announced a game changer for the future of digital health technology, by establishing the agency’s Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE). The new center is intended to provide “centralized expertise” and serve as a resource for digital health technologies and policy for digital health innovators, the public, and FDA staff, according to the agency, allowing it to pursue a “comprehensive approach to digital health technology.”

Thanks to their role using, managing, and repairing medical devices, healthcare technology management (HTM) professionals are crucial providers of voluntary feedback to the FDA about the health technology they’re using every day. In a Sept. 22 HTM Live! webinar, FDA representatives described how they can use the agency’s Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) to do just that.

The production and use of Internet-of-Things (IoT) medical devices has rapidly expanded during the previous few years. These IoT medical devices, which include hardware and sensors that gather, store, and transmit healthcare data and confidential patient information over the Internet, also have become increasingly attractive to cybercriminals.