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I just skimmed the article but I think this is partly due to a controversy over medical device failures. Investigative journalism TV shows discovered a high rat

I just skimmed the article but I think this is partly due to a controversy over medical device failures. Investigative journalism TV shows discovered a high rate of failure in medical devices. A large number of implanted devices like hip joints, pacemakers, insulin pumps,catheters were failing. That information wasn't public and when it was made public people freaked out. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/implant-files-investigation-medical-devices-1.4924384 https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/implant-files-investigation-m...

drawkbox 7y ago
Keeping this information from the public, even if people freak out, is dangerous. It would be like car companies not telling you about a recall on your vehicle. The main reason they don't want it public is economic/competitive impacts to the companies that lobby to block it. The medical industry does deal with these cases and let people know when they have the issue. However, if you keep information from everyone, it doesn't always get to the people it affects. Being more transparent could also lead to better product development iteration on medical devices if feedback is more available. Hiding information on problems suppresses solutions. Suppression of information can be catastrophic, ask the FAA.