Re: Do it right from the start
"Projects and development are often run to deliver functionality and completion in the shortest cheapest possible way."
That is normally true. I believe the NHS is creating a product that would fall within the sphere of our FDA.
It looks like a consumer product, a smartphone, is being pressed into service as a medical device.
Over here such product development is a time consuming and extremely detailed/documented process.
Perhaps off-the-shelf cell phones don't pass muster in this particular use case.
I would have more faith in the tracking app doing its job if it's development were in hands of experienced programmers from a medical device background working for a well known medical device company. They have a habit of testing the hell out of this kind of thing prior to releasing it.
Google and Apple are not known for software or device products in the medical field.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
