The effort to impose European-style regulation on app stores is seeing a late surge as sponsors are fast-tracking (or hotlining) the Open App Markets Act (S. 2710, OAMA) through the Senate. Under the Senate’s hotline procedure, legislation is circulated by email to every Senate office. If no office objects within [...]
With the increasing demand for digital healthcare, the United States faces a growing challenge regarding equitable healthcare: unequal access to fast, reliable, and affordable broadband technology. Roughly 43 percent of adults in households making less than $30,000 a year—more than 25 million Americans—lack access to broadband, while 93 percent of [...]
With the advent of new technologies, U.S. healthcare is changing and creating opportunities for digital health innovators. On 5 October 2022, ACT | The App Association’s Connected Health Initiative (CHI) hosted a webinar to discuss opportunities in the U.S. healthcare industry. Access the recording of the webinar here. Access [...]
On September 29, 2022, Representatives Miller-Meeks, O’Halleran, and Murphy introduced legislation requiring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a study and issue recommendations on improving medical device data interoperability. Morgan Reed, executive director of the Connected Health Initiative (CHI), expressed CHI’s support for the bill: “Interoperability is critical [...]