FCC wireless health

FCC proposes to speed up mHealth device testing

By Brian Dolan 03:49 pm December 1, 2010

This week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a proposal to create a new medical program experimental radio license that would help create "cutting-edge test-bed facilities, where manufacturers and developers could try out new wireless medical technologies and assess operational readiness." The FCC said that the idea for such a program arose during its meeting with the Food and...

Video: FDA, FCC meet mobile health startups

By Brian Dolan 01:47 pm July 27, 2010

The FCC's Director of Healthcare Dr. Mohit Kaushal posted a video tour of the wireless health companies exhibiting at the FDA-FCC wireless health meeting today and tomorrow. Watch as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, FDA Commissioner Peggy Hamburg and Federal Chief Technology Officer Annesh Chopra meet with a few of the 25 companies at the event. Lots of recognizable faces from the industry: