FDA Eyes Home-Based Medical Equipment For Regulation

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"With hospitals discharging patients after ever-shorter stays, more people are recovering and continuing post-operative care, or treating chronic conditions, with sophisticated medical equipment at home," The Wall Street Journal reports. "The Food and Drug Administration is raising a red flag, calling for greater oversight of devices such as dialysis machines, ventilators, infusion pumps and IV machines - which are increasingly operated by patients, family members and other minimally trained caregivers...


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