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Keep Calm and Go Online: Regulatory Considerations Around the Spike in Demand for Mental Health Apps

A recent Marketplace Tech podcast episode on the spike in demand for mental health apps caught our attention. As shocking headlines and stay-at-home orders rolled across the country, demand for mental health apps increased...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Building a Health App? Part 4: Avoiding an FTC Enforcement Action

The market for apps designed to improve health and wellness or even to diagnose and treat medical conditions continues to grow. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved a new smartphone-based “carbon...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Building a Health App? What You Need to Know

Last week, Apple announced the new Apple Watch Series 3 which will feature an enhanced heart rate app. The app will notify you when it detects an elevated heart rate even when you are not working out. The sensor will also be...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the News, I’ve Got a Bad Case of Medical App Blues: Mobile Medical Application Developers Settle with New...

The New York Office of the Attorney General recently announced settlements with developers of three mobile health applications due to misleading claims and deficient privacy practices. As a result of these settlements, the...more

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New York Attorney General Settles Claims against Three Health Apps

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Health app developers must be vigilant not only of federal laws, but of state laws as well. On March 23, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced a settlement with developers of three health-related...more

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FTC Cries Foul On Breathometer Accuracy Claims

The FTC recently announced a settlement with Breathometer, Inc., a company that marketed a smartphone accessory that it claimed could detect blood alcohol levels. Users could simply plug the accessory into the headphone...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Wave of the Future: Government Releases New Tool to Aid Medical App Developers Comply with HIPAA

This month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...more

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FTC Creates Web-Based Tool for Mobile Health App Developers

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The new interactive tool highlights the relevant federal regulatory schemes, but the high-level analysis may limit its value to mobile health app developers....more

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Federal Agencies Provide User-Friendly Guidance on Compliance with Data Privacy Laws

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How federal privacy laws apply to mobile health applications has been an area of significant ambiguity. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil...more

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Federal Trade Commission Releases New Mobile Health Apps Interactive Tool

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in conjunction with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HHS Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and the Food and Drug Administration, have developed a new...more

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FTC Releases Tool And Best Practices For Mobile Health App Developers

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On April 5, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it had created a web-based tool designed to assist developers of health-related mobile apps identify and understand what federal laws and regulations might apply...more

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A New Tool for Health App Developers to Navigate a Crowded Regulatory Field

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As regulators seek to define their authority and the scope of their enforcement power, more health apps will continue to flood the marketplace and transform how patients are treated. As mobile health applications...more

McGuireWoods LLP

FTC Releases Mobile Health Apps Interactive Tool

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Consider this: A 42-year-old man arrives at the emergency room showing signs of a heart attack. The ER doctors, using the patient’s activity tracker—in this case, a Fitbit® —are able to pinpoint when the patient’s normal...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

“Multi-Agency Interactive Tool” Available for Developers of Health Apps

It seems as though 2016 may become the year that industry receives a plethora of helpful interactive portals from Federal Agencies. My colleague Matt Cohen recently reported on the existence of a new CPSC tool called The...more

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FTC, ONC, OCR and FDA release online tool for mobile health app developers

While attending the International Association of Privacy Professionals annual global event, and listening to Chairwoman Edith Ramirez discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) concerns about consumer privacy, the FTC, the...more

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Blog: FTC Announces Guidance for Developers of Mobile Health Apps

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Chairwoman Edith Ramirez of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the release of new guidance directed towards developers of mobile health apps (the “Guidance”), while speaking today at the International Association of...more

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Mobile Health Apps Continue to Make Headlines

Recently published studies are illustrating the types of issues that mobile health application, or “app,” developers will continue to face as the industry matures alongside an evolving regulatory and enforcement landscape....more

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[Webinar] The Digital Health Update: Recent Developments in the Regulation of Medical Devices and Health Apps - Sept. 22nd, 1:00...

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Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 1:00 P.M. CST -- Both the FDA and the FTC have been busy this summer. Just this month, both agencies took their strongest actions to date relating to cybersecurity and the regulation of medical...more

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