Open AccessGLOBAL REGULATORY APPROACH TOWARDS M-HEALTH
Author(s) -
Manish Anand,
Mohini Venkatesh,
T. M. Pramod Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of drug regulatory affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-7162
pISSN - 2321-6794
DOI - 10.22270/ijdra.v4i1.176
Subject(s) - food and drug administration , business , mhealth , mobile phone , internet privacy , health care , health technology , telecommunications , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , political science , law
The past decade has witnessed rapid advancement in telecommunication and computer technologies. The smart phone is one result of that technological development and has been adopted by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Innovators in the medical device industry quickly recognized the potential to use smartphones to expand the capabilities of healthcare professionals via mobile medical applications (apps) resident on these devices. These apps raise unique challenges for regulation by the drug regulatory authorities worldwide including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medical Association (EMA) etc. The focus of this article is to shed light on the current trends and future aspects of the regulatory framework implied on the Mobile Health (mHealth).