Mersey Burns

Infrastructure

clinical medical app

SHOW HN2018

267points
45comments
#106of 2,155 in 2018
Top 5%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Impressive side project that helps society

    From 1 comment
    • I find this a really impressive project: 1. it actually helps society and 2. the author did it as a side project, not being a software developer, writing an iOS, Android and web…
      rollulus on HN
  • Good write-up

    From 2 comments
    • Great write up ! I am working in medical devices but I am more familiar with the FDA regulations. What I wonder regarding risk management is how you justify the safety of QT /iOS…
      seren on HN
    • I find this a really impressive project: 1. it actually helps society and 2. the author did it as a side project, not being a software developer, writing an iOS, Android and web…
      rollulus on HN

Objections

  • FDA regulatory risk analysis of off-the-shelf OS and frameworks is hard

    From 2 comments
    • Great write up ! I am working in medical devices but I am more familiar with the FDA regulations. What I wonder regarding risk management is how you justify the safety of QT /iOS…
      seren on HN
    • > I don't think you should think about the risk in isolation like that. I don't disagree with the sentiment but FDA asks you precisely to do this analysis piecewise by what they…
      seren on HN

Requests

  • Make it available in other countries such as India and Turkey

    From 2 comments
  • List of awards

    From 1 comment
    • We found that there were a lot of awards and prizes that we could enter. I would love to see a list of these. Edit: I guess this is a partial list within the article itself, UK…
      DoreenMichele on HN

Questions

  • How was it regulated by the NHS

    From 1 comment
    • Really interesting read! Do you mind sharing the basics of the process you went through to get regulated by the NHS?
      osrec on HN
  • Plans for FDA approval in the US

    From 1 comment
    • Any plans to get this through FDA approval in the US? I don't know which process you'd have to go through(510k, De Novo or PMA) but I'd imagine the NHS approval would help a lot.
      jschwartzi on HN

Alternatives named

  • lambdanative.org medical apps

    From 1 comment
    • Also see lambdanative.org, which the authors created explicitly to build medical devices out of low-end mobile devices for third-world-countries. It is cross-platform. They have…
      i_feel_great on HN

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