Bakul Patel

Senior policy advisor

FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Bakul Patel is a senior policy advisor in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), which is responsible for protecting and promoting the public health.

Wed, 08/07/2013 - 15:32
FDA Publishes Guidance for Wireless Medical DevicesMaintaining the balance between innovation and safety
Wed, 08/14/2013 - 16:39
Many medical devices today perform at least one function by using wireless technology to support health care delivery. In telemedicine, for example, a wireless device can enable real-time monitoring of patients from a distance. Data from a patient-…
The Interoperability of ThingsImproving patient care by ensuring medical devices work well together
Wed, 08/07/2013 - 15:32
For medical devices, the term “interoperability” refers to the ability of various devices to interact, and for electronic health record systems to talk to each other using a common vocabulary. It is similar to the concept of “plug and play”…