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New App Allows Doctors to Text at Work?

For the vast majority of people, including health care providers, text messaging has become an increasingly popular and convenient way to share information. But for clinicians who wanted to use texting...

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How to better protect ePHI? Experts offer suggestions on Privacy

Along with the growing usage of mobile devices in the health care field have come an increasing number of experts expressing concern over what they perceive as a lack of effort to protect patient...

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BYOD In a Medical Practice: How to Make It Work

The sight of a healthcare provider with a smartphone, iPad, or other mobile device on the job is common these days, given that such tools have become an increasingly important part of modern...

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Mobile Devices in Hospitals: More of a Hindrance Than a Help?

Much has been written in recent years about the tremendous benefits that mobile devices can bring to health care, from mobile tools that help medical students to more easily decode information on...

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CTeL Webinar-FDA Regulations and Telemedicine

Join The Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law (CTeL) on Monday April 1, 2013 from 12 noon – 1:00 pm (EDT) when CTeL hosts the April Brown Bag Webinar:   “Does Your Program’s...

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FDA Final Rule on Mobile Health Apps Expected By End of FY 2013

Mobile medical applications have flooded the market in recent years, with tools available for everything from tracking of a baby’s milestones to checking for adverse drug interactions.  Yet as The...

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CTeL Webinar Summary: FDA Rules and Telemedicine?

When might a computer or a phone be considered a medical device?  How might a mobile health app developer figure out which FDA device class their app belongs in? These were just some of the questions...

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Can BYOD Privacy Policies Prove Dangerous for Patient Security?

For hospitals or other health care organizations looking to take advantage of mobile technologies but perhaps wanting to cut costs, “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) policies, in which employees’ personal...

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Could Hackers Pose a Threat to Personal Medical Devices?

In recent months, numerous experts have called the security of patient data into question, as large-scale data breaches have continued to make headlines.  But are medical devices at a similar risk of...

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Increased Connectivity in Hospitals? New WiFi Standards May Help

Today’s hospitals are increasingly “wireless,” with more and more organizations utilizing tools like remote monitoring or allowing physicians access to electronic health records on mobile devices.  Yet...

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What to Expect with New FDA Mobile Health App Regulations?

Mobile health care apps are increasingly popular tools in today’s world—for patients and providers alike.  A diabetic patient, for example, could use an iPhone app to keep track of glucose levels,...

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Doctors and Mobile Devices: The Love Affair Continues

Thanks to government incentives and sheer convenience, more and more health care organizations are now transitioning, or have already transitioned, from the use of paper to electronic health records...

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Healthcare Must Catch Up with Mobile App Capabilities

Using mobile apps, people can order food, turn on their home security, and even select a movie. However, according to an article in Fierce HealthIT, the question has been asked, “So why can’t...

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How to make BYOD work and Meet HIPAA Requirements?

With mobile apps that can do everything from check for adverse drug interactions to assist with the charting process, it’s no wonder that more and more healthcare providers are beginning to take their...

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Next Decade’s mHealth Market? Report Makes Predictions

The forecast for the future of mHealth is a decidedly mixed one.  Indeed, despite the proliferation of countless new mobile health care apps, there are still impediments, including a lack of regulation...

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FDA Expands Enforcement Discretion Over Mobile Apps

On September 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final version of its guidance document on mobile medical applications.  According to this guidance document, the FDA views mobile...

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Safer Medical Devices? New FDA Rule Reporting Requirements

Each year, there are more than 200,000 adverse events involving medical devices, and the often-complicated job of investigating and resolving them falls to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Now,...

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mHealth Legislation: “Overreach” or “Necessary”?

Over the past few years, the mHealth industry has seen exponential growth, but until recently comparatively little regulation.  With the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) release of new regulatory...

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Clearing the Air About Telemedicine …

Saturdays are supposed to be reserved for yard work, errands, the grocery run  . . .  and a nap. Not a Saturday morning call from folks attending the Federation of State Medical Board’s (FSMB) annual...

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CTeL Webinar: How Does FDA Regulation Affect Telemedicine?

“How Does FDA Regulation Affect Telemedicine?”  will be the topic of The Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law’s (CTeL) Brown Bag Webinar on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, from 12:00 noon –...

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