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Debate Over FDA Oversight Of Apps Continues

Eric Wicklund | Government Health IT | February 18, 2014

A new bill aimed at calling off the FDA on over-regulation of medical apps is taking some heat. It seems some industry experts feel the bill won’t accomplish what drafters of the bill intended. Read More »

Does Apple's HealthKit Prove FDA Guidance Is Working?

Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | September 2, 2014

Skepticism remains over the Food & Drug Administration’s regulation of mobile health. The approach will just slow innovation, as Scott Gottlieb, MD, an American Enterprise Institute analyst and former FDA deputy commissioner, argued recently in the Wall Street Journal...

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Feds Release FDASIA Workgroup Report On Health IT Governance

Diana Manos | Government HealthIT | April 3, 2014

A widely anticipated report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other agencies may finally clear the air on how healthcare IT – and mHealth in particular – will be regulated.  

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mHealth Group Urges FDA To Publish Final Guidance

Eric Wicklund | mHIMSS | June 21, 2013

Some mHealth advocates are getting impatient with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA released its preliminary guidelines for the regulation of mobile medical apps in late 2011, and since then the mHealth world has been awaiting the government agency's final document. Read More »

What Health Care Needs Are Some Zombies

By Kim Bellard | August 18, 2015

Finally, some good health care news: according to Accenture, half of digital health start-ups are going to fail within two years. No, really: that's the good news. Accenture projects that funding for digital start-ups is going to boom over the next few years, reaching $6.5b annually by 2017.  Their analysis categorized four key areas of funding from 2008 - 2013: infrastructure ($2.9b), treatment ($2.6b), engagement ($2.6b), and diagnosis ($2.1b).  They stress that the start-ups that will succeed will do so by combining capabilities across the four areas, such as by use of integrated Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud and Sensor technologies ("SMACS"). This boom shouldn't come as much of a surprise...

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