Health care professionals and patients alike are enjoying the convenience of mobile medical apps to share information and accelerate care, but at what risk? While mobile apps make sharing and ...

The federal agency is looking for public input on a proposal that would allow it to regulate certain types of medical apps designed for smartphones and other mobile devices. Lance Whitney is a ...

Mobile applications, commonly referred to as “apps,” can be enjoyed with just the touch of a screen and are often effortless to download. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current ...

The FDA planned a public workshop for mid-September to discuss the recently released draft guidance regarding regulation for mobile medical apps. The guidance includes a fairly narrow subset of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking input on a proposal to provide oversight of certain mobile applications specific to medicine or healthcare designed for use on smartphones and ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-growing number of software applications offers doctors the chance to view X-rays or monitor heart rates from iPads or smartphones, prompting U.S. health officials on ...

Today’s smartphone is a camera, a GPS system, an e-reader, a game console and even a remote car starter. Why can’t it also be a blood glucose meter, X-ray viewer, stethoscope or diagnostic aid? That’s ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration intends to release guidelines for how it would govern mobile medical apps, according to a HealthcareITNews report. President Barack Obama and Congress recently ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued final guidance for developers of mobile medical applications. The agency intends to exercise enforcement discretion (meaning it will not enforce ...

Medical apps are sold for devices such as Apple Inc's iPad and iPhone, Blackberry phones sold by Research In Motion, and phones run with Google Inc's Android software. Only a small number of the ...