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This is nothing new. MSFT, Alphabet, AMZN, Oracle have all been making plays for years trying to get into the healthcare industry. It's a huge, bloated industry
by bluetrolliage 4y ago
This is nothing new. MSFT, Alphabet, AMZN, Oracle have all been making plays for years trying to get into the healthcare industry. It's a huge, bloated industry
- skywal_l 4y agoThis is also an heavily regulated industry in terms of patient data protection, software quality, part availability, etc. It will be interesting to see how big tech will deal with having an overbearing regulator breathing down their neck.
- abrichr 4y agoHow so in terms of software quality?
- skywal_l 4y agoThe FDA have pretty strict standards in terms of project management. Of course it depends on the "class" of the medical device we are talking about. But if the software is used for diagnostics, you will need a whole battery of controls (test, documentation, processes, etc).
- h2odragon 4y agoForm outside observation; their software is required to suck by itself, and rely on decade old versions of other software as well. That may not have been the intent of regulation but (as so often happens) appears to have been the outcome.