Draft Guidance
On July 11, 2011 the FDA released this draft guidance to inform interested parties about how they intend to apply their regulatory authorities to mobile applications. Interested parties were invited to submit comments in response to its release.
White Papers and Reports
Federal Trade Commission: Mobile Privacy Disclosures – Building Trust Through Transparency
2/2013
Bipartisan Policy Center Report: An Oversight Framework for Assuring Patient Safety in Health Information Technology
2/2013
Evaluating mHealth Adoption Barriers: Privacy and Regulation
1/2013
mHealth in an mWorld: How mobile technology is transforming health care
12/2012
Allied Health World Inforgraphic: Smartphone = Smart Healthcare?
12/2012
Pew Report – Mobile Health 2012
11/2012
The mHealth Regulatory Coalition has developed a white paper entitled “A Call for Clarity: Open Questions on the Scope of FDA Regulation of mHealth”. This 60-page paper focuses on a single question: What mHealth hardware and software will FDA regulate?
12/22/10
Brian Dolan at MobiHealthNews.com has published a 50 page report Brad Thompson wrote on FDA Regulation of mHealth, as a free download. We recommend reading the report (PDF) for background.
6/2010
California Healthcare Foundation Report: How Smartphones are Changing Health Care for Consumers and Providers
4/2010
McKinsey & Company Report mHealth: A new vision for healthcare: http://www.gsma.com/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mhealthreport.pdf
2010
HHS Text4Health Task Force
The Text4Health Task Force was established by the Department of Health and Human Services in November 2010 in order to provide recommendations to HHS on the topic of promoting text messaging initiatives that would deliver health information to individuals’ mobile phones.
- The Text4Health Task Force’s recommendations can be found here: http://www.hhs.gov/open/initiatives/mhealth/recommendations.html
- Co-chairs:
- Todd Park, HHS, Immediate Office of the Secretary
- Wanda Jones, DrPH, HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
- Julia Eisman, MPA, HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
FCC mHealth Task Force
The mHealth Task Force was the product of the FCC’s 2012 mHealth Summit; participants in the summit recognized the government’s need for assistance in transitioning to a healthcare system powered by mobile health solutions, and the task force was formed to produce a guidance document to influence future regulatory action. The FCC responded positively to the recommendations, and it is clear that they will play a large role in shaping future policy decisions.
- Task force recommendations: http://www2.itif.org/2012-mhealth-taskforce-recommendations.pdf
- FCC’s response to the recommendations: http://www.fcc.gov/document/fact-sheet-mhealth-task-force-recommendations
- Co-chairs of the task force:
- Julian Goldman, Medical Director of Biomedical Engineering, Partners Healthcare System; Director, CIMIT Program on Interoperability; Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Robert Jarrin, Senior Director of Government Affairs, Qualcomm Incorporated
- Douglas Trauner, CEO, Health Analytic Services, Inc. (TheCarrot.com)