In general I agree but there is bit more complexity. I work in medical devices and there are plenty of situations where a certain output is ok in some circumstance but deadly in another. That makes a stopgap a little more tricky.
I agree with the previous poster that the feedback from the field is lacking a lot. A lot of doctors don’t report problems back because they are used to bad interfaces. And then the feedback gets filtered through several layers of sales reps and product management. So a lot of info gets lost and fixes that could be simple won’t get done.
In general when you work in medical you are so overwhelmed by documentation and regulation that there isn’t much time left to do proper engineering. The FDA mostly looks at documentation done right and less at product done right.
I agree with the previous poster that the feedback from the field is lacking a lot. A lot of doctors don’t report problems back because they are used to bad interfaces. And then the feedback gets filtered through several layers of sales reps and product management. So a lot of info gets lost and fixes that could be simple won’t get done.
In general when you work in medical you are so overwhelmed by documentation and regulation that there isn’t much time left to do proper engineering. The FDA mostly looks at documentation done right and less at product done right.