>>2) Computer crashes cost lives. If e.g. your doctor's device has an issue mid-surgery, you potentially pay. >Sounds like a good reason to regulate medical de

>>2) Computer crashes cost lives. If e.g. your doctor's device has an issue mid-surgery, you potentially pay. >Sounds like a good reason to regulate medical devices and force them to undergo certification as well. Surely you wouldn't want the the computer to have ECC memory, but it decides to reboot for a 2 hour update? Did you know that medical reports are frequently viewed on consumer or consumer-grade hardware? Or that there is software that is classified as a class II medical device that runs on iOS devices and commodity desktops? Or that class III devices like pacemakers now often use phone apps for things like managing telemetry? It's all well and good to make sure the hardware in the OR is reliable, but that's woefully insufficient.