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Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing”
(www.theverge.com)
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Thing is, medical equipment suppliers should be held to higher standards than they are currently. If you're providing medical equipment to be used in public healthcare: you should be responsible for maintaining and repairing it imo.
There should be a minimum requirement for repair/maintenance/warranty provided by the manufacturer.
Hospitals don't invest in the ability to perform such repairs largely because of the liability involved, ontop of often being a poorly funded/staffed public service.
No, but then the manufacturer is responsible for the quality of repair/maintenance performed by its staff.
If something goes wrong with the equipment; it's on the equipment manufacturer instead of the hospital using it.
With a mandate on repair/maintenance; they'd be forced to provide quality service to survive.
Everything you just said applies to hospitals as well.