Mobility is kick-starting many changes in healthcare and...
Mobility is kick-starting many changes in healthcare and sparking needed policy changes, company officials told Congress, touching on issues that affect the FCC. The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act report, due from the FCC, the FDA and…
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the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology by the end of the year, should include proposed strategy and recommendations regarding “an appropriate, risk-based regulatory framework pertaining to health IT, including mobile medical applications,” Qualcomm Senior Director-Government Affairs Robert Jarrin told the House Commerce Health Subcommittee Tuesday, according to his prepared testimony (http://1.usa.gov/1deUPFS). “It is essential that these agencies recognize the growing importance of managing risk at a systems level and that any comprehensive regulatory scheme should take into account existing solutions when contemplating future innovations,” Jarrin said. “The end goal should be for a regulatory framework that allows new technology to flourish, promotes innovation, protects patient safety and avoids regulatory duplication.” IBM Research Vice President-Research Strategy Zach Lemnios said cellphones and other technologies have transformed healthcare: “We are witnessing an unprecedented phenomenon today -- the convergence of five simultaneously disruptive technologies: social, mobile, cloud, pervasive instrumentation and advanced analytics” (http://1.usa.gov/186mNlb).