Government to make HIPAA compliance rules easier to grasp
Existing guidelines are outdated, according to Morgan Reed, director of The App Association, which represents some 50,000 app developers and IT companies.
Brain-training mobile game maker settles over unsupported claims
Texas-based company falsely claimed in an advertisement and on its website that it could permanently improve a child's focus, memory and school performance.
FDA unveils guidance on regulation of wellness devices and accessories
These products maintain or encourage a general state of health and may associate a healthy lifestyle with reducing the risk or impact of certain diseases or conditions.
Telehealth parity law enacted in New York
Under the law - deductibles, co-insurance or other conditions for coverage of telemedicine cannot differ from those for in-person visits.
Feds adding patient monitoring capability in their emergency response strategy
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will add mobile capabilities into its emergency first responder training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
Nepal’s health ministry launches mHealth initiative
The m4ASRH initiative aims to improve knowledge and awareness on sexual and reproductive health among youth at an age when many become sexually active.
CMS looking to expand telehealth coverage for 2015
Medicare beneficiaries may be able to receive wellness visits, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis and "prolonged evaluation and management services" via telehealth.
IBM helping Zambian government to provide improved access to life saving drugs
The goal of IBM's medicine supply chain management project is to save more lives by making medicine widely available when and where it's needed.