Tech companies gain favor of Congress in bid to relax regulations

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | Digital Transformation

A lobbying campaign by technology companies that will profit from selling digital health has been successful so far, reports Politico.

In the past few weeks, the FDA has promised not to regulate technologies that receive, transmit, store or display data from medical devices, while indicating that it will not regulate most low-risk mobile apps, according to the story.

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Despite FDA moves, push continues for Congress to act on mobile health

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