Medical mobile app companies are changing the face of healthcare. They include companies like CareSync that contacts your doctor to get your medical records and allows you to keep your complete medical history right on your mobile device. iHealth Labs connects users’ smartphones to medical devices like glucometers and blood [...]
ACT | The App Association is pleased to share Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell’s pledge to bring clarity to HIPAA for the mobile world. In her letter to Congress, Secretary Burwell committed to working with The App Association to make the regulatory environment better for mobile health [...]
Today Congressmen Marino and DeFazio sent a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell that outlined several steps HHS should take to provide clarity surrounding confusion on HIPAA in the mobile health marketplace. This followed a letter sent Monday from ACT | The App Association and leading mobile health companies to Congress. In [...]
A recent Federal Court decision out of New York set a dangerous precedent by requiring Microsoft to turn over emails stored outside the United States. This decision opens the door for unscrupulous foreign entities to seize the private communications of Americans living abroad. Today, Senators Hatch, Coons, and Heller took [...]