Sep-24-13 By IdeaConnection
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released guidelines on how it is going to regulate the plethora of new health-related smartphone applications.
In recent years developers, doctors and crowdsourcing competitions have created thousands of applications to help people improve their health and stay healthy. They include apps to monitor heart health, count calories and measure lung function.
"Mobile apps have the potential to transform health care by allowing doctors to diagnose patients with potentially life-threatening conditions outside of traditional health care settings, help consumers manage their own health and wellness, and also gain access to useful information whenever and wherever they need it," said Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's medical device center.