Mhealth app guidelines released by FDA

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The Food and Drug Administration has now issued its final guide for applications of a medical and health nature. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now released a final mhealth guide that shows just how medical and health apps are going to be regulated within the United States. The FDA has also decided that they will not be enforcing under the Federal Drug and Cosmetic App. The FDA has come to the conclusion that the majority of health and medical apps don’t pose very much of a risk to…

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Mhealth apps are desired by both patients and physicians

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A new survey has shown that 93 percent think that EHR linked applications will benefit people. According to the results of a new survey conducted by eClinicalWorks, an EHR vendor, physicians are just as interested in having patients use mhealth apps as the patients themselves. This includes the use of the apps for a broad range of different reasons, from scheduling to care. The benefits of using mhealth apps have included everything from sending email messages to nurses in order to obtain follow-up reminders, to scheduling actual appointments. It can…

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Mhealth apps marketplace could be worth $26 billion in 4 years

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A new report by research2guidance has revealed that this market is growing very quickly. The forecasts of a new report called “Global Mobile Health Market Report 2013-2017”, which has been released by research2guidance, has shown that the mhealth market is now taking its first steps into commercialization and is growing rapidly in its value. This means that the industry will now be able to start monetizing its services in a meaningful way. The report predicted that this will mean, primarily, through mhealth apps. According to the research2guidance head of research,…

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mHealth expected to play an important role in health care reforms

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Mobile technology will take a prominent place in the new more digital infrastructure. Experts are predicting that mhealth will be one of the most important ways in which the healthcare infrastructure will be changing over the next few years. This involves the use of smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices as medical resources. The founder of The Digital Health Center, David Lee Scher, MD, has said that the current resources that are in place will be placed under a great deal of strain when the health care reforms are put…

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