FDA greenlights MediSens body area monitoring The FDA approved MediSens Wireless’ wireless body monitoring system, which assesses muscle and neuromotor functions in the upper extremities, for its first round of clinical trials. MediSens’ Clinical Movement Assessment System (CMAS) could be used by health care professionals working in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, orthopedics and physical and occupational therapy.
Should mHealth companies want FDA regulation? Traditionally-unregulated IT companies may want to adopt a different view of federal regulation, writes Bradley Merrill Thompson. As free-spirited, libertarian Silicon Valley meets Rockville, Md., the home of the decidedly more buttoned-down Food & Drug Administration, IT companies should consider embracing federal regulators rather than fleeing in fear of the federal bureaucracy (or at least start with shaking hands).
Meridian Health taps MedApps for CHF Wireless remote monitoring technology developer MedApps inked a partnership with New Jersey-based healthcare provider Meridian Health, to monitor patients who were recently discharged from acute care settings with congestive heart failure. According to the two companies, the aim is to monitor the patients on a daily, “near real-time” basis, in an effort to improve patient outcomes and decrease hospital re-admissions.
Epic Systems pens Haiku After three months of rumors, details surrounding Epic Systems’ partnership with Apple for a mobile phone-based electronic health record application have come to light. Just a few days ago, Epic System’s iPhone application, called Haiku, became available on Apple’s AppStore.
Brian Dolan is editor of MobiHealthNews, the emerging wireless health industry’s daily monitor.