Bits of humor

For posterity's sake from an architecture course I used to teach. Could be a double post.

Personal questions for authentication, a misguided approach

The federal government might want to read the advice from Stuart Schechter et al. published in the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy about why to avoid "Golden Questions."

A screenshot of the E-QIP website.

Cheers for a pint of Wifi

Apple Updates

The biggest update ever from Apple is being downloaded.

Software and the IOM Report on the 510(k) Clearance Process as a Word Cloud

Yesterday the Institute of Medicine released its report on
Medical Devices and the Public's Health: The FDA 510(k) Clearance Process at 35 Years. The report drew a number of strong reactions.

• Study Faults Approval Process for Medical Devices
  by BARRY MEIER, The New York Times, Published: July 29, 2011


• Study of Medical Device Rules Is Attacked, Unseen
  by BARRY MEIER, The New York Times, Published: July 27, 2011


• HeartWire has also weighed in.

For more information about the role of software in medical devices in the context of the 510(k) process, see my IOM webcast, the IOM report on Trustworthy Medical Device Software, and publications on the SPQR Lab website. The PDFs are free at the IOM, but there's a clumsy registration process through which one must first wade.

I decided to run the IOM report through Wordle to visualize topics of emphasis. I removed most of the header information before processing. Look below if you want a PDF of higher quality.

The future of medical device interoperability and mHealth

mHealth Today.

mHealth Tomorrow.

iPhone software update for security

They say the devil's in the details. For software updates, it's literally true.