Remarks of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn at Connect2Health Promoting Medical Technology Innovation

In today's digital revolution, healthcare is in the midst of yet another remarkable transformation. Dr. Eric Topol, one of medicine's most innovative thinkers about the digital future, has said: "Nearly anything we can do in medicine can be done remotely." If you take a moment to really think about it, the implication behind this statement is huge. It indicates an extraordinary shift in the way healthcare is being delivered and received. At the center of this shift are wireless medical networks and devices...Wireless testbeds are a critical piece of ensuring safe, reliable technologies.

I am grateful for all of the work the Connect2Health task force, OET and their partners at the Food and Drug Administration have done to make this workshop a success...As a final thought, I will say that just as individual musical instruments come together in an orchestra to create a symphony beautiful song, individual medical devices must work together on wireless networks to create a transformed and improved healthcare system. Working together, we can ensure that the orchestra of wireless devices coexists in harmony.