Private innovation to provide implanted medical device registry!

"Mining" adverse event information - two new businesses!  link here

How will you as a consumer stakeholder benefit?

Orthopedic joint implants are now the #1 expenditure of Medicare.  There is a void of information on the failure rate because the U.S. has no registry.  (Currently:  Consumers receive more information on automobiles prior to purchase.  There is no warranty on product.  Device failures do not prompt industry "innovation". )

The FDA and implanted medical device manufacturers are going to be eclipsed by these new post-market database start-ups.

I was blown away (at Health 2.0 SF convention) by Clarimed's (Nora Illuri) presentation that displayed public & mined data in a design-smart, useable, understandable  format.

The British Registry identified the 37,000 Johnson & Johnson DePuy ASR metal-on-metal failed hips.