Responsibilities and Liabilities in an Interconnected World

Description: Where do responsibilities reside when a patient connects to a myriad of devices? Do liabilities shift when patients use the devices at home or under a doctor's supervision? How does a court assign penalty when manufacturers, integrators, and operators are multiple and may have jointly contributed to or facilitated an incident?
What strategies can manufacturers use to manage their liability risks? Are quality agreements contracts the panacea? This panel explores how responsibilities and liabilities shift when the patient or the hospital, rather than the manufacturer's service engineer, integrates medical and non-medical devices with third-party devices, infrastructure, databases and telecom networks.
What compensation recourses do patients and their next of kin have if tragedy strikes? Is the possibility for collective redress affecting healthcare? Are current patient compensation mechanisms effective?
How are responsibilities and liabilities affected when not just Medical Device Regulations but also the upcoming Data Act, European Health Data Space, Artificial Intelligence Act, and AI Liability Directive come into force? How is notified body liability in such a future context? Will such legislative lasagna turn liability attribution into a whisked egg?