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Crowdsource-derived Data for Post-Market Surveillance of Drugs and Medical Devices

Recently,Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Herb Kohl (D-WI), introduced the bipartisan Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Act. It requires the FDA to issue a Unique Device Identifier rule by the end … Continue reading

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mHealth and Pharma: Opportunities for Patients and Industry

No greater is the opportunity for mHealth to break into mainstream healthcare than in partnerships with members of the pharmaceutical community. mHealth’s influence in the sector may be tentacle in the patient care area, the business process area, and the … Continue reading

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Mobile Health Technology: Solution to Medication non-Adherence

The term non-adherence is presently preferred over non-compliance when referring to medication use, as the latter has traditionally implied only willful behavior in medical jargon. Here are statistics from Dr. Lars Osterberg, a noted authority on the subject: … Continue reading

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Four Ways That Mobile Health Technology Can Help Healthcare Vendors

The landscape of healthcare is changing quickly, no more so than in the vendor-purchaser arena. GPOs are going away. ACOs are coming (whether they are liked or not, in some form or another). Hospitals are beginning to consolidate once again … Continue reading

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