The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just announced that, as part of its implementation of the recently released National Broadband Plan and the Plan's recommendation to use the power of broadband to improve healthcare, the FCC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are going to be holding a public meeting on July 26 and 27, 2010, to discuss regulatory issues arising from the convergence of wireless technology and healthcare devices. The meeting is formally entitled: "Enabling the Convergence of Communications and Medical Systems: Ways to Update Regulatory and Information Processes." The purpose of this meeting is, among other things, to discuss ways to promote investment and innovation in health technology by streamlining government processes.
To help develop an agenda for this important meeting, the FDA and the FCC are seeking input from, among others, the medical and device manufacturing industries, practitioners, and other stakeholders and users of medical technology on a number of questions regarding regulatory challenges and safety of patients and other users of medical devices that include radio elements and of systems that can be tied into broadband communications networks.… Continue Reading
