Bradley Merrill Thompson
At the end of last week the FDA posted two draft guidance documents related to digital health. One focused on clarifying the line (PDF) between a general wellness device or app and a regulated medical device. The other intended to help clarify when an "accessory" device (PDF) to a regulated medical device, like a companion smartphone app, for example, would also fall...
By Dan Haley, VP of Government Affairs, athenahealth
In 2011 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance seeking to clarify its intentions with regard to regulation of mobile health information technology (“mhealth IT”). The Agency solicited and received public comment. Thereafter began a nearly two-year waiting game that continues to this day and has more than a few mobile...
