FDA Plans to Regulate Mobile Medical Apps
Within the past week or so, the FDA has issued draft guidelines concerning mobile medical applications or “apps,” as they are more commonly referred to. Medical apps are sold for devices such as...
View ArticleMy Doctor The Car – How Mobile Health (Mhealth) Technologies Are Radically...
‘Mobile health’ (mHealth), which is defined loosely as health care delivered wirelessly, is set to transform health care. A perfect example is the Ford Motor Company’s ‘Car That Cares,’ which it...
View ArticleWarning: If You Handle Protected Health Information (PHI) or Personally...
We live in the data age where every day a new technology is announced in business- and consumer-oriented ecommerce and mobile health (mhealth). In response, in recent years, federal and state...
View ArticleCalifornia Spotlights Mobile Applications and Privacy: The Impact on the App...
The relationship between privacy and mobile applications is coming into focus. On February 27, 2012, the California Attorney General entered into a Joint Statement of Principles with the six largest...
View ArticleHealth Plans Jump Into The Mobile Health (mHealth) Market - How Much Will...
Health care payors (plans, insurers) are emerging quickly as one of the dominant players in the mobile health (mHealth) marketplace. Apps to exchange information with patients regarding appointment...
View ArticleMedicare and Health Care Reform: Why Isn't Real Time Data a Priority?
Last month, top health care investors and entrepreneurs came together with hospital, payor and government leaders at a conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Healthcare...
View ArticlemHealth/Telehealth Investors and Entrepreneurs: The Generational Divide
Mobile health (“mHealth”, "telehealth" or any other terms for health care delivered wirelessly) is revolutionizing the health care industry. That message resounded at last week’s mHealth Summit, which...
View ArticleAttention mHealth, HIT and Telemedicine App Developers: Privacy and Security...
Mobile health (“mHealth”) medical app developers, including health information technology (“HIT”) and telemedicine app developers, tend to focus on FDA requirements. Indeed since many of these apps...
View ArticleBusiness Associate Agreements (“BAAs”) Under the New HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus...
Earlier this month, I attended the annual meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association in San Diego. This meeting was excellent from a networking perspective and the substantive information...
View ArticlemHealth App Use: Is Data Truly Protected?
One of the reasons why consumers, healthcare providers, investors, the government and others have been slow to adopt mobile health applications and software (apps), are concerns about the privacy and...
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