Consideration of Cybersecurity in the Benefit-Risk Analysis of Medical Devices: A Scoping Review and Recommendations
Oscar Freyer,
Fatemeh Jahed,
Max Ostermann
et al.
Abstract:The integration of connected medical devices (cMDs) in healthcare brings benefits but also introduces new, often challenging-to-assess risks related to cybersecurity. Addressing those risks in the benefit-risk analysis (BRA), an integral step in the approval process, is required by regulations in the EU and US. This scoping review aims to identify current legal frameworks, guidelines, and standards in the US and EU on how cybersecurity-related risks should be considered in the BRA. We identified 21 documents i… Show more
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