With rapid expansion of mobile health market, the development of mobile applications (apps) is also increasing. In the case of mobile medical apps, the appropriate regulation is required because it may pose potential risks to patient. Therefore, the d...
With rapid expansion of mobile health market, the development of mobile applications (apps) is also increasing. In the case of mobile medical apps, the appropriate regulation is required because it may pose potential risks to patient. Therefore, the developer and the manufacturer of mobile medical apps should identify the regulatory trend and meet the requirement for regulatory process before marketing.
This study look into the current regulation through the guidance of mobile medical apps in order to the regulatory oversight and analyze the major review items of regulation authorities through case study of FDA has cleared or approved mobile medical apps. It also identifies the design consideration related to patient medical information protection and cybersecurity in medical device.
I try to find out how the mobile medical apps regulated in Korea can be determined under the regulation of the United States.
In this paper, it assists the strategic regulatory approach for manufacturers by providing requirement checklists related to the mobile medical apps, mobile apps and cybersecurity compliance. In addition, criteria and decision tree is introduced to determine whether the mobile medical apps are subject to regulation.