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FCC Releases Decision on New Funding Program for Rural Health: Broadband Connectivity Prioritized and the Expansion of...

by Lisa Clark, Mitch Goldman, William K. (Ken) Keane, Michael A. Swit | Duane Morris LLP on 1/3/2013

Federal Communications Commission (FCC; the "Commission") decision making continues to be active in the area of telemedicine. Recently, on December 21, 2012, the agency released a lengthy decision updating its rules and...more

mHealth and the FCC: What Does the FCC Have to Do with Medical Devices?

by William K. (Ken) Keane | Duane Morris LLP on 11/15/2012

Originally published in mHealth Newsletter on November 14, 2012. One might not associate the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with mHealth issues. Yet, the FCC has a vital role to play in this field, and if...more

FCC Will Work to Implement mHealth Task Force Report

by Mintz Levin - Communications on 10/5/2012

In a move he says will improve the quality of health care and cut health system costs, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the Commission will work toward implementing recommendations proposed by the mHealth Task Force,...more

The Regulatory Future of mHealth: FCC, FDA and the United States Congress

by Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 6/19/2012

As a general matter FDA regulates all medical devices and FCC regulates devices that utilize electromagnetic spectrum - i.e. broadcast devices. So with regard to mobile health devices - sensors, applications, systems - FDA...more

mHealth Stakeholders: Bullet List of Legal Considerations

by Duane Morris LLP on 5/22/2012

You are a device maker, an app or software developer, a potential investor, a healthcare provider, a healthcare payor or an insurer and you see opportunities in mobile health (mHealth). You have an idea for a revolutionary...more

mHealth Alert: Text4baby: Texting Health Messages to Pregnant Women and New Moms

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/18/2010

Furthering the use of commercial wireless networks to deliver health information, the Obama Administration recently announced its new Text4baby campaign, which sends free regular text messages with health information to...more

mHealth Alert: FCC Extends Boston Scientific's Authority for Implanted Cardiac Devices

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 7/20/2009

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently granted a rule waiver requested by Boston Scientific Corporation (Boston Scientific), allowing it to continue to manufacture and market its Contak Renewal TR product line...more

mHealth Alert: FCC Proposes Rules ofr MBAN

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 7/2/2009

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed to allocate radiofrequency spectrum and establish service and technical rules for the operation of Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) systems. The FCC envisions that...more

mHealth Alert: mHealth Raise New FCC and FDA Issues

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 6/25/2009

Wireless technology has long been a part of medical devices. The recent introduction of more sophisticated wireless phones and the deployment of wireless broadband networks has sparked the development of new “mHealth” (mobile...more

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