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Medical Devices from A to Z
In our last e-newsletter, we covered an alliance of medical OEMs
and consumer electronics firms. That group was focused on sharing
resources to make better personal health management products. Now
there's a Web site that offers the medical device community a
different way of sharing information.
Medgadget is a small Web site dedicated to covering emerging
medical technologies, mainly in the form of devices or enhancements
to existing products. The founders of the site have now launched a
wiki project on medical technology and devices. "We constantly get
requests to find a medical device for a specific condition," says
Gene Ostrovsky of Medgadget. "The wiki site provides a place for
manufacturers to tell people what products they have available." He
adds that the site would also be a resource for buyers to review and
comment on products already in the marketplace.
The wiki would also give medical suppliers an opportunity to
showcase their capabilities. The Medgadget team is open to ideas.
"We hope that users will make the site into what they need," says
Ostrovsky.
If you're still scratching your head over the term "wiki", it's a
type of Web site that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise
change most content quickly and easily. One of the most well-known
wiki sites is Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia that currently has
1,238,950 articles.
There are many benefits to having a wiki devoted to medical
technology. It's a boon to OEMs who are looking for suppliers with
new components, services, or technologies. It's also an avenue for
experts to share their knowledge. A plastics engineer could explain
the characteristics of a new polymer, for example. And a sensors
supplier could post an entry on what sensor types work best in
neurological applications.
While this all sounds very exciting, wiki sites can sometimes be
misleading. Since anyone can post an entry, the information might be
biased or too laudatory. To keep the snake-oil salesmen at bay, the
Medgadget staff will be screening entries to ensure the site's
integrity.
The wiki site is in the early stages of development, so it's a
perfect time for medical suppliers to submit entries. Find out more
at www.medgadget.com/wiki.
Corinne Litchfield
Associate Editor,
MPMN
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