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AGs Weave Themselves Into Patchwork of Digital-Health Regs

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There are more than 165,000 mobile health applications available for download in Apple’s App Store or Google Play. This number will likely keep rising, and a body of federal and state regulators, including state attorneys...more

McDermott Will & Emery

NY Attorney General Sanctions Highlight Need for Higher Standards for mHealth Research and Development

On March 23, 2017, the New York Attorney General’s office announced that it has settled with the developers of three mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps) for, among other things, alleged misleading commercial claims....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York AG Takes Enforcement Action Against Heart Monitoring Apps: Murmurs of Concern are Heard in mHealth App World

In a move sure to cause murmurs in the large and growing mobile health application industry, the Office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (OAG) has used state trade laws to extract concessions and monetary...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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Healthcare Legal News Volume 5 Number 2

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According to a recent study by Accenture, by 2017 approximately 18 percent of the American public will purchase insurance through exchanges versus relying on traditional employer healthcare coverage or foregoing insurance...more

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Increased FTC Enforcement as FDA Deregulates Low-Risk Health IT Devices

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The FTC steps up enforcement of misleading software and mobile app promotional claims as FDA deregulates low-risk health IT devices. In recent weeks, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken several enforcement...more

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Alert: FDA Finalizes Guidance on Devices that Store and Transfer Data

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on February 6th, finalized guidance on certain medical devices that store and transfer data, opting for a very light regulatory touch. In its guidance, the FDA states that it doesn't...more

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Regulatory Challenges Facing the mHealth Industry

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Innovations in health care technology have created unique challenges for developers and investment companies. Among others, changing FDA guidelines, data security, and reimbursement are all substantial issues facing the...more

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FDA Proposes Additional Flexibility for Mobile Health Products

Draft Guidances Address General Wellness Products and Device Accessories - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or “the Agency”) has announced two more key parameters of its regulatory approach to mobile health...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

FDA Proposes to Apply Risk-Based Framework to Accessory Devices

In another effort to bring some clarity to its regulation of devices, the FDA has released draft guidance on how its risk-based framework applies to accessory devices ( the “Draft Guidance”). This development is welcome...more

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mHealth Technology – Development in an Uncertain Regulatory Climate

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The development and use of mobile technologies and devices is expanding at an incredibly fast pace and is changing, and in fact revolutionizing, the way patients and healthcare providers interact. Mobile medical technologies...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

FDA Draft Guidance Would Ease Regulatory Burdens for Certain mHealth Applications

On August 1, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance that would exempt from premarket 510(k) review many low-risk medical devices--including certain mobile applications that can convert a cell...more

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When Is An iPad More Than An iPad? When It Is An FDA Regulated Medical Device

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In the late 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began publicly suggesting that electronic medical records were within its jurisdiction. A lot has changed in 20+ years. The proliferation of mobile computing platforms...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Social Media and Medicine

The Federation of State Medical Boards recently adopted Model Policy Guidelines for use of social media in medical practice. The use of social media by medical practitioners and the number of mobile medical and wellness...more

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FCC Will Work to Implement mHealth Task Force Report

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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

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

Venture Investment in Digital Health Effectively Doubles in H1 2012

Venture investment in healthcare convergence technologies soared in the first half of 2012. According to a recent report from Burrill & Co, digital health, into which they group healthcare IT, mobile health and wireless...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

FDA to Finalize Mobile Medical App Rules Following Bill Passage

Yesterday, the Senate approved the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) which provides reauthorization for major components of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) set to expire at the end of...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

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

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

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

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

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

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

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

mHealth Alert: mHealth Raise New FCC and FDA Issues

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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