Is There Any Regulation Of Health Care Apps?

This morning I had a quick note from a reader about yesterday's briefing, Apps Aren’t For Techies Anymore, with questions about both the proliferation of apps in the health care space and the lack of standardization of their content – and about the current status of the regulation of health care apps.

First, on the proliferation of apps – It is estimated that in 2015, of the 1.4 billion worldwide smartphone users, about 500 million will use some type of mobile health care application (see Global Mobile Health Trends and Figures Market Report 2013-2017). According to an IMS . . .