期刊
SENSORS
卷 21, 期 14, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21144937
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medical devices; regulation; market access; smart wearables
The article discusses the challenges and opportunities of using digitally driven technologies in medical field, particularly in cardiac monitoring. It emphasizes on the regulatory and legal considerations that need to be taken into account when using smart wearables for monitoring heart conditions, and provides specific case studies of market access procedures.
In the area of cardiac monitoring, the use of digitally driven technologies is on the rise. While the development of medical products is advancing rapidly, allowing for new use-cases in cardiac monitoring and other areas, regulatory and legal requirements that govern market access are often evolving slowly, sometimes creating market barriers. This article gives a brief overview of the existing clinical studies regarding the use of smart wearables in cardiac monitoring and provides insight into the main regulatory and legal aspects that need to be considered when such products are intended to be used in a health care setting. Based on this brief overview, the article elaborates on the specific requirements in the main areas of authorization/certification and reimbursement/compensation, as well as data protection and data security. Three case studies are presented as examples of specific market access procedures: the USA, Germany, and Belgium. This article concludes that, despite the differences in specific requirements, market access pathways in most countries are characterized by a number of similarities, which should be considered early on in product development. The article also elaborates on how regulatory and legal requirements are currently being adapted for digitally driven wearables and proposes an ongoing evolution of these requirements to facilitate market access for beneficial medical technology in the future.
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