Having worked on an FDA approved device, may I be the first to say STAY AWAY. I understand the rationale -- I look around at the sort of software every job except one I've worked at produces and am literally terrified of the idea of that software being the basis of medical decisions. The one place I felt built OK software had a nearly one to one ratio of qa to software developers. Nonetheless, having the FDA approve every software update is beyond frustrating, slow, and extremely expensive. Few things suck more than hearing people complain about bugs you fixed a year ago when you can't distribute updates to them until they get approved.
On the other hand -- I've seen software from an employer I won't name that informed a Dr that his patient was not pregnant. Which was good since the patient is male. And not postop male, but bio male. You see a few visible fuckups like this and get awfully skittish.
On the other hand -- I've seen software from an employer I won't name that informed a Dr that his patient was not pregnant. Which was good since the patient is male. And not postop male, but bio male. You see a few visible fuckups like this and get awfully skittish.