{"id":33169,"date":"2019-06-20T04:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/?p=33169"},"modified":"2023-01-12T16:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:51:35","slug":"the-rise-of-connected-medical-devices-and-the-importance-of-requirements-traceability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/legacy\/blog\/2019\/06\/20\/the-rise-of-connected-medical-devices-and-the-importance-of-requirements-traceability\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Connected Medical Devices and the Importance of Requirements Traceability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamasoftware.com\/media\/2019\/06\/Connected_Medical_Devices.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As medical device developers compete to push the boundaries on designing and building innovative, connected medical devices, the market continues to boom. It doesn\u2019t look to be slowing down anytime soon, either. KPMG estimates that global annual sales of medical devices will rise by over 5 percent a year to reach nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.kpmg\/content\/dam\/kpmg\/xx\/pdf\/2017\/12\/medical-devices-2030.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$800 billion by 2030<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Modern medical device makers are hyper focused on building innovative, connected solutions for the next generation of care. That continued innovation opens the door for new, lower cost technologies for early intervention and at-home care. But it also opens the door for more risk.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, medical device software was generally used to control programs to simply switch the equipment on and off and display readings. Today, software and its functions dominate much of the features, making devices far more integrated, complex, and connected-and growing more so every year.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Growing Concern for the Security of Connected Medical Devices <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While smart devices provide opportunities for instantaneous results and early medical intervention, connected medical devices are also more vulnerable to both deliberate attacks and undirected malware.<\/p>\n<p>A survey released in October 2018 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcareitnews.com\/news\/malware-hits-medical-devices-18-percent-healthcare-orgs-last-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">148 healthcare IT and security executives<\/a>, conducted by Klas Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), showed that an astonishing 18 percent of provider organizations had connected medical devices impacted by malware or ransomware in the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>The threats against medical devices have become such a concern that two U.S. federal agencies recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/news-events\/press-announcements\/fda-and-dhs-increase-coordination-responses-medical-device-cybersecurity-threats-under-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced a new initiative to address vulnerabilities<\/a>. In October 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a memorandum of agreement to implement a new framework for greater coordination and cooperation between the two agencies for addressing cybersecurity in medical devices.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.jamasoftware.com\/customer-story\/streamlining-workflow-and-strengthening-collaboration-when-developing-medical-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read this case study<\/a> to see how RBC Medical Innovations leveraged Jama Connect to unify processes and enhance traceability.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Modernizing Requirements Management to Reduce Risk <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The reliance on connected medical devices isn\u2019t going to ebb, and the increased complexity will only make the management and reporting of interconnected information across product definition and verification more difficult and inefficient. This inefficiency is only exacerbated by the use of document-based requirements management, which introduces more risk into the process.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve better results with projects of mounting complexity, teams must get a stronger handle on their process and avoid gaps in development. A better solution for requirements traceability can do just that.<\/p>\n<p>Traceability, normally a sub-discipline of requirements management, ensures that engineering design aligns with the identified needs of users and patients; manages scope by ensuring alignment between engineering work and actual user needs; confirms that device needs are addressed at all levels through gap analysis; and connects the design of the device directly to the verification.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Requirements Traceability<\/strong><strong> is No Longer Optional<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Small teams building simple products may be able to get by initially with spreadsheets, documents, and emails, but with the rise of software-driven, connected medical devices and increasing system complexity, requirements traceability quickly becomes too convoluted to be handled manually.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that the more complicated or distributed the product development process becomes, the more opportunities for error are introduced. Excel just can\u2019t account for the wide array of risks and requirements involved in medical device development.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stericycleexpertsolutions.com\/product-recall-index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stericycle\u2019s Recall Index<\/a>, software issues were consistently one of the top causes of medical device recalls through 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Learn how Jama can help you better manage risk with ISO 14971 by <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.jamasoftware.com\/medical-device\/application-of-risk-analysis-techniques-in-jama-to-satisfy-iso-14971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">downloading our white paper.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Today\u2019s medical devices are so much more than metal and plastic \u2013 they\u2019re incredibly complex, connected devices that require complete hardware and software traceability.<\/p>\n<p>Medical device development contains too many scope changes, remote team members and reviewers, and requirements to be easily managed in documents and emails. Using Excel or an internally developed requirements management solution or system diverts scarce resources and availability away from the important tasks of product development. Instead, team members have to focus on attempting to assemble and maintain traceability, usually resulting in the trace being hastily thrown together in the end for the design history file (DHF).<\/p>\n<p>Traceability increases efficiency, drives alignment, and mitigates organizational risk. And with Jama Connect, teams can link and decompose high-level requirements to more detailed system and sub-system requirements, including associated risks and hazards, to ensure proper verification and validation before release.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>Download our eBook, <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.jamasoftware.com\/medical-device\/conquering-connectivity-competition-compliance\">Conquering Connectivity, Competition and Compliance<\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, to learn about the top three challenges that modern medical device makers face and how to overcome them. <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"33169\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While connected medical devices provide opportunities for instantaneous results and early intervention, they&#8217;re also more vulnerable to cyberattacks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":45417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[521],"tags":[419,43,452,27],"industry":[574],"class_list":["post-33169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traceability","tag-connected-devices","tag-medical-device","tag-requirements-traceability","tag-traceability","industry-medical-devices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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