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Right Time for Innovation: Apple Watch Gets Nod From FDA for Device Development Tool

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced its qualification of the Apple Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) History Feature through the Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program. The MDDT program is intended...more

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Your Digital Health Regulation Questions Answered

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regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) regulates medical devices, including software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD). Several years ago, the FDA upgraded its...more

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FDA Strives to Adapt Regulatory Approach to Rapidly Evolving Digital Health Space

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Just two months after taking office, in July 2017, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the agency’s Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which recognized that “digital technology has...more

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FDA Issues Guidance on Digital Health

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two guidance documents last week clarifying its approach to certain health-related software in response to the addition of Section 520(o) to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which...more

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Apple, Fitbit Join Pilot Program to Quicken FDA Regulatory Review

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On September 26, 2017, the FDA announced that it has chosen nine tech companies to participate in a pilot program (FDA Pre-Cert) to help tech companies bypass some regulations that have hindered health software and products...more

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FDA Issues Long-Awaited Final Guidance on Interoperable Medical Devices

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sept. 6, 2017, published the final version of its guidance on Design Considerations and Pre-Market Submission Recommendations for Interoperable Medical Devices. This final...more

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FDA Planning Board Emphasizes Use of Data Sharing in Medical Device Monitoring

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The FDA‘s planned National Evaluation System for Health Technology (NEST) will focus on new forms of clinical data, data sharing, and advanced analytics as the keys to optimizing the medical device ecosystem, says a new...more

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Washington Healthcare Update

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This Week: House Ways & Means Committee Holds Markup; Makes Significant Legislative Changes to Health Care Bills... Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Medicare Appeals Process Bill... CMS Issues Final Rule on...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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