NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS: March 30, 2015 FCC: Katie Gorscak, 202-418-2156 E-mail: Katie.gorscak@fcc.gov FDA: Andrea Fischer, 301-796-0393 E-mail: Andrea.fischer@fda.hhs.gov ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** FCC AND FDA TO HOST JOINT WORKSHOP ON MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND WIRELESS TEST BEDS Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration will host a workshop titled “Promoting Medical Technology Innovation – The Role of Wireless Test Beds.” Health care facilities commonly confront questions about the safe coexistence of the wide variety of wireless devices in use in clinical settings. In addition, consumers are increasingly embracing wireless health and care management tools at home and the emergence of the “hospital in the home” concept opens new avenues of medical technology innovation that must take into account the need for reliable and safe coexistence. Wireless test beds provide an opportunity to predict how a device will perform in the real world, before clinicians and consumers have to rely on them to work as intended in spectrum-crowded environments. This free, public workshop will convene experts from industry, medicine, academia, and government to focus on the role of wireless medical test beds and their influence on the development of converged medical technology for clinical and non-clinical settings. The workshop is another step in the ongoing FDA/FCC collaboration and leadership in promoting innovative medical technologies and is being organized by the Connect2Health FCC Task Force, the FCC Office of Engineering and Technology, and the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health. WHAT: Promoting Medical Technology Innovation – The Role of Wireless Test Beds The workshop will feature FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and Dr. William Maisel, Deputy Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health at FDA. They will be joined by keynote speaker Dr. Harry Greenspun, Director, Center for Health Solutions at Deloitte Services LP, and other experts in the field. An agenda and full list of moderators and discussants is available online. WHEN: Tuesday, March 31, 2015; 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., EDT WHERE: FCC Headquarters Commission Meeting Room 445 12 th St. S.W., Room TW-C305, Washington, D.C. 20554 NOTE: The event will also be live-streamed on fcc.gov/live. More information about the workshop is available at www.fcc.gov/health. QUESTIONS: Please contact Katie Gorscak at Katie.Gorscak@fcc.gov or 202-418-2156, or Andrea Fischer at Andrea.Fischer@fda.hhs.gov or 301-796-0393. -FCC- News about the Federal Communications Commission can also be found on the Commission’s web site www.fcc.gov.