As technology continues to advance and healthcare becomes more digital, more privacy and security concerns start to come with it. This recall of a wirelessly controlled insulin pump is a prime example. According to the FDA:
Medtronic is recalling the specified insulin pumps due to potential cybersecurity risks. An unauthorized person (someone other than a patient, patient caregiver, or health care provider) could potentially record and replay the wireless communication between the remote and the MiniMed insulin pump. This person could instruct the pump to either over-deliver insulin to a patient, leading to low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), or stop insulin delivery, leading to high blood sugar and diabetic ketoacidosis, even death.
Luckily, the FDA is not aware of any actual cyber instances that caused any harm to a patient.
These risks were announced by the FDA back on June 27, 2019, but today the FDA is announcing it is a Class I recall, “the most serious type of recall.”
Read the full announcement here: fda.gov.
Thanks for reading!
Richard Waithe, PharmD | Richard@vucahealth.com
President | VUCA Health
Host | Rx Radio Podcast
This is so dangerous !! OMG !!
Sometimes it's better to use old school methods.
Major blow for Digital Health & Pharma
I don't understand these hackers.....
Feel sorry for the future victims. God bless them.
I feel shaky after reading this news
Dr. Richard is the Founder of MedVize, a personal medication management company and is the host of Rx Radio, a podcast dedicated the pharmacy profession. He is a pharmacist who is committed to helping individuals better manage their health and medications. He is passionate about advancing the profession of pharmacy with a focus on machine learning and blockchain technologies. His mission is to provide people with understandable knowledge to best manage their health while ensuring their medications are convenient, affordable, safe, and effective. Dr. Richard holds a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Florida, and fun fact, although living in sunny Miami, Florida, he loves snowboarding.
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