Digital Health Regulations: A Year In Review

And what to expect in 2023.

RQM’s Allison Komiyama and Kevin Go summarized up the year’s changes to digital health regulation and outlined what to expect in the coming year.

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This year has been a big year for digital health regulations, as increased ransomware attacks and advancements in software and mobile apps pressed the US Food and Drug Administration to update outdated regulations.

Medical device and diagnostics consulting firm Rational Quality Manager’s Allison Komiyama and Kevin Go hosted a webinar on 1 December...

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