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Challenges of Regulating Mobile Medical Apps: Legal and Regulatory Issues You Should Know About Click Here for Additional Resources<\/a><\/p>\n

A conversation with Joseph Kim, MD, MPH<\/b> (see bio<\/a>), VP of Medical Affairs and Technology at Medical Communications Media, Inc., about the rapid development of mobile medical applications and the legal and regulatory issues that physicians, patients, and pharma developers\/sponsors should be aware of.<\/p>\n

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\"iPhone“So many different health apps pop up,” says Kim, a specialist in the use of technology in medicine. “How do you as a consumer, or as a physician, know which ones are reliable or which are accurate?”<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, the technology is moving faster than any regulatory body can keep up. Releasing an app is very easy,” he said, but if it is developed abroad, the standards may be different than they are in the United States. <\/p>\n

“There are a lot of questions of liability that have yet to be answered. If a patient uses an app on the iPhone, who, at the end of day, is liable? If someone buys a WebMD Symptom Checker and there’s a problem, is the Apple store liable? Is WebMD liable?”<\/p>\n

“The regulatory status of medical apps, i.e mobile medical software, has been in limbo for some time now while observers have been watching the FDA for clues as to what role it will play,” according to iMedicalApps. Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, Center for Devices and Radiological Health director, said that the FDA is planning to release guidance for mobile medical applications in sometime in 2011. <\/p>\n

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