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Mhealth apps are not always tremendously popular

11/08/201311/05/2013 Julie Campbell

Although the category is enjoyed by millions, more than half of its apps are barely noticed. A new report has now been released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics that has revealed that as much as mhealth apps are very popular and the categories at app stores are rapidly growing, more than 50 percent of those available are downloaded only 500 times or fewer. There were a number of different types of insight that were revealed by this research. Within this research, all of the apps from the iTunes…

Mhealth app guidelines released by FDA

10/01/201309/28/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

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…

Mhealth still has work to do before it is truly practical in a clinical environment

04/26/201304/23/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

Panelists from a hospital forum have agreed that there is still progress needed before the devices can be integrated. According to a panel at the Hospital Cloud Forum from the Information Management Network last week, doctors still need to be able to find a way to integrate mhealth and the data available through those systems into clinical care. The devices that would be used would be connected to the cloud and would bring physicians and patient data together. Mhealth could provide a very important way to bring the data regarding…

Mhealth apps are desired by both patients and physicians

03/19/201303/18/2013 Stephanie Beck

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…

Mhealth apps generate concerns among lawmakers in the US

03/14/201303/13/2013 Jesse Collins

These worries have been voiced to the FDA, regarding the taxing of the mobile applications. Republican House Energy and Commerce Committee members have voiced concerns to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding whether or not it plans to regulate mhealth apps for smartphones and tablets which could deem them medical devices under the rules of the Affordable Care Act. The new healthcare law has imposed a excise tax on medical devices but it is unclear if apps are among them. Six members of the committee wrote a letter…