Software-as-a-Medical Device: demystifying Connected Health regulations

Journal of Systems and Information Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 186-215

  Carroll, Noel ^a   Richardson, Ita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Connected Health; Healthcare; Regulation; Software as a Medical Device

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977571163     PISSN: 13287265     EISSN: 17588847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSIT-07-2015-0061     Document Type: Review

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