Over a decade ago, Dr. Joseph Drozda, a cardiologist and director of Outcomes Research at Mercy, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the U.S., wondered about the medical devices being used with patients, and how they were being evaluated for safety and effectiveness. Questions arose about patient side effects and benefits across many implanted surgical supplies and medical devices, including surgical mesh, metal-on-metal hip replacements, coronary stents, pacemakers, and more. `We were relying on information from clinical trials,` shared Dr. Drozda. `These trials are done on very select groups with limited sample sizes and data sets, which can be significantly different than...
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