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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Intrauterine devices and contraceptive skin implants are more effective and require less maintenance than condoms or birth control pills, but the vast majority of women stick with the more traditional methods.
Intrauterine devices, which release small amounts of either copper or progestin in the uterus to prevent pregnancy, amount to less than 6 percent of contraceptive use. The skin implants were only approved in 2006, so less is know about their use.
The Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Interoperability program at CIMIT / Massachusetts General Hospital has been leading the clinical pull for adoption of medical device interoperability for more than five years. We are a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary collaborative program of stakeholders (including medical device companies and regulatory agencies as well as healthcare delivery organizations) who want to see open standards and technology for interoperability developed and adopted, based on clinical requirements.
