FDA Sets It’s Sights on Silicon Valley’s Digital Health Boom
As the digital health market continues to grow rapidly, it is expected that regulatory scrutiny from the Food and Drug Association (FDA) and the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would continue to...
View ArticleApple’s Patent-Pending Invention Highlights Work on Telehealth
Apple has applied for a patent that signals its intention to move into the telemedicine sphere, according to Patently Apple. The invention, described in a patent application published in July by the...
View ArticleApple in Fast Health Company
In a recent profile piece of Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, he discussed the importance of diving deeper into the health care market. “We’ve gotten into the health arena and we started looking at wellness, that...
View ArticleIoT in Acute-Care Settings?
The “Internet of Things” (IoT) has been an increasingly popular topic of discussion in recent years, including in terms of its potential to better connect patients and providers in health care...
View ArticleFDA Establishes New Digital Health Unit
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making a new commitment to digital health. As Health Data Management and others first reported, the agency has established a new digital health unit, to be...
View ArticleNew Apps Monitor Falls in Seniors
For elderly patients, falls are equal parts common, dangerous, and costly. Indeed, per the National Council on Aging (NCOA), they “are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries” among Americans...
View ArticleWearables, Other mHealth Devices Empowering Users
iPhones: They’re not just for texting. This probably isn’t news to you. But as more and more people have begun using smartphones, studies have found that more than half of the phones’ owners are now...
View ArticleMaking Lab Tests More Accessible: rHEALTH Device Approved in EU
What if you could, from the comfort of your own home and with just one drop of blood, screen yourself for a variety of health care conditions? As highlighted in an Institute of Electrical and...
View ArticleCan Wearables Detect Epileptic Seizures and Diabetes?
An estimated 1.3 million to 2.8 million Americans currently have epilepsy, a disorder that causes chronic seizures, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. (The CDC puts the number higher, at 3.4...
View ArticleHouse Committee Turns to Health Care Industry on Cybersecurity
You could be forgiven these days for thinking that there was a large-scale health care data breach every other day, with the degree to which they’ve dominated headlines in recent years. Indeed, an...
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