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Software glitches pose new, potentially dangerous problems for medical devices.
Kennedy D. "iHealthBeat." California Healthcare Foundation. July 25, 2008. 

This audio program reports on potential safety risks associated with insufficient interoperability and computer coding problems in medical devices.
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