{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"mHealth: Regulation vs. Innovation","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kcbHfPlI2W\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/mhealth-regulation-vs-innovation\/\">mHealth: Regulation vs. Innovation<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/mhealth-regulation-vs-innovation\/embed\/#?secret=kcbHfPlI2W\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;mHealth: Regulation vs. Innovation&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"kcbHfPlI2W\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In mid-February of this year, I wrote an article on Mobile Health App Regulations: FDA &amp; HIPAA, citing the several regulatory bodies that oversee mobile health apps and medical devices. The debate, and need for a balance between regulation for the safety of public health and the need to allow technological innovation and entrepreneurship to flourish with reasonable time-to-market is still ongoing in the health IT world today. I still believe we need a cohesive and productive collaboration between every regulatory agency that touches mHealth as a way of streamlining processes and preventing wasted resources and time. Doing away with regulations and compliance standards entirely won\u2019t work for the health industry, as it undermines patient care efforts and allows untested and potentially harmful products to market, and would ultimately do a major disservice to public health. But the current timeline for FDA (Food &amp; Drug Administration) clearance and exorbitant fees that greet technology innovators is not the right answer either (for example &#8211; the medical imaging software company, MIM Software, spent roughly $150,000 and more than two years to achieve FDA clearance). Tatiana Melnik, health IT attorney for Dickinson Wright and frequent guest speaker during Online Tech\u2019s webinars, forwarded an..."}