Digital Health Dilemma: Regulators Struggle to Keep Pace with Health-Care Technology Innovation

Government Technology: Federal health-care regulators walk a fine line between protecting the public’s health and fostering innovation in a huge sector of the nation’s economy. But because the pace of new product development in health-care technology is accelerating, finding that balance has become more difficult as the distinctions between medical devices, software and consumer applications blur. Health IT firms ranging from two-person startups to Fortune 500 companies are urging Congress and federal agencies to clarify and simplify several aspects of regulation and to more frequently update their guidance.

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