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Regulatory implications of the FDA Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 on mobile medical applications
On June 28th Congress approved and signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 (Bill S.3187). This Act renews and amends certain provisions of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) of 1938, the law that governs the...
The Sepsis App for the Android is now here!!
We have had a lot of requests for it and are happy to finally announce ESCAVO’s first Android app, the Sepsis App - Sepsis Clinical Guide, Android edition! Certain challenges in adapting our technology to the Android OS delayed its release, but we finally got it done...
HIPAA Heaven
In a previous post we threatened you with a future post on HIPAA, the rules that govern healthcare privacy and the protection of individual health information in the US. So due to popular demand (actually only 2 mHealth geeks asked for it) here is our brief intro to...
Smartphone use reaches 50% of the US mobile phone market!
Smartphone usage statistics are impressive! According to Nielsen Mobile Insights, smart phones will have reached the 50% penetration mark in the US mobile phone market by the end of February 2012, surpassing feature phones. This is up from 36% penetration in February...
The FDA looking to regulate mHealth apps
Last year the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to release new guidance documents that define and expand the types of clinical decision support (CDS) systems it will regulate. In July of 2011, the FDA released for comment purposes a draft guidance...