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8 types of medical apps a Senate bill asks FDA to stop regulating

By Brian Dolan 07:35 am February 12, 2014

Image from the office of Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) Longtime MobiHealthNews columnist Bradley Merrill Thompson, a member of the lawfirm Epstein, Becker & Green, and one of the founders of the mHealth Regulatory Coalition and the CDS Regulatory Coalition, sent over a few examples of the types of apps that a bill in Congress, called the PROTECT Act, would instruct the FDA to stop...

FDA clears Verizon Wireless home health app as Class II medical device

By Brian Dolan 06:29 am August 7, 2013

Ideal Life's Blood Pressure Cuff Verizon Wireless' plans for an FDA-cleared mobile health platform focused on chronic disease management and other health conditions has been in the works for some time. The software platform, officially called The Verizon Wireless Converged Health Management (CHM) Device has just secured Class II 510(k) clearance from the FDA this month. Once it commercially...