Is there some reason to believe this wouldn't occur on a Linux system? There are plenty of dumb IA requirements that antivirus be installed on Linux, too.
I agree the system should be running as few services and as little other third-party software as possible, but let's be fair. Since at least Windows 7 / 2008R2, particularly for an offline system, the OS is not going to crash unless there is a hardware problem. It's not clear the OS crashed even in the article - "the screen went black" (the application went black?) and they "had to reboot" doesn't give us enough information.
A modern Windows system, like a modern Linux or a modern FreeBSD, is stable and will stay up for as long as you need it to, unless as I said before, there is a hardware problem. (Or in the case of consumer Windows, you do an update.)
EDIT: According to the actual report, the OS was not rebooted, the application was. There was no Windows crash.
> On (b)(6) 2016, a customer reported to merge healthcare that, in the middle of a heart catheterization procedure, the hemo monitor pc lost communication with the hemo client and the hemo monitor went black. Information obtained from the customer indicated that there was a delay of about 5 minutes while the patient was sedated so that the application could be rebooted. It was found that anti-malware software was performing hourly scans. With merge hemo not presenting physiological data during treatment, there is a potential for a delay in care that results in harm to the patient. However, it was reported that the procedure was completed successfully once the application was rebooted.
Unfortunately, this total disregard for safety isn't just software anymore. When we stat skipping lessons that we've know for a looooooonng time (such as why a split bobbin is an important feature in a transformer[1]), we have evidence of a serious need for strongly enforced regulation.
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> we have evidence of a serious need for strongly enforced regulation.
Better education? But I guess strongly enforced regulation will force companies to not go for the cheapest solutions they can get away with which in turn will require people with actual knowledge in the field which will require better education, somehow.
Note that regulation is the nicer option; the other way to force people to get the necessary education is liability, which could get really ugly in the case of medical devices.
