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FCC approves channel for wearable monitors
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday voted to approve a channel to accommodate wearable electronic devices that will free patients now tethered to hospital beds.
Wireless spectrum expansion could mean more hospital security risks
More popular than ever, the remote patient monitoring market is predicted to top nearly $300 million within three years, and upward of $4.2 billion by 2018. That blistering pace could accelerate...
FCC approves new wireless medical device channel
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to open two segments of the wireless spectrum for medical patient monitoring, chairman Julius Genachowski said in a press conference in Washington, D.C. this morning.
Republicans push FDA, FCC for faster movement on mobile apps
Republican House members are pushing the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Communications Commission to smooth some of the regulatory bumps in the road for mobile medical apps, according to a
FCC's 911 mobile upgrade equally important for hospitals, first responders
Hospitals should get involved in a small rulemaking announced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late last week. On the surface it seems unrelated to healthcare--regulators are trying to
Broadband spectrum expansion is mHealth's modern 'highway'
The mobile health industry is on the verge of a historic transformation, with the national broadband spectrum serving as the bridge to the future, according to industry leaders who spoke today at a
ATA calls FCC's sluggish rural healthcare efforts 'disturbing'
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is falling down on the job when it comes to telehealth, the American Telemedicine Association believes. That's the simple, but brutal, message ATA director
Are FDA-FCC wireless initiatives just 'window dressing'?
Regulators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have been touting their wireless innovation programs of late, even getting some plumb press from
Proposed Kerry-Snowe 'RADIOS' bill kickstarts Obama broadband plan
It appears as if the first phase of President Obama's plan to bring high-speed mobile broadband to a majority of the nation within five years is underway, as Sens. John Kery (D-Mass.) and Olympia
FCC may allow more spectrum for wireless medical devices
The FCC has published a rule that might provide additional spectrum, or more radio frequencies, which would allow healthcare organizations to support a broader range of wireless devices. The agency
