by admin | Jul 12, 2012 | Regulatory
On June 28th Congress approved and signed into law the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 (Bill S.3187). This Act renews and amends certain provisions of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C) of 1938, the law that governs the...
by admin | Apr 30, 2012 | Product News
We have had a lot of requests for it and are happy to finally announce ESCAVO’s first Android app, the Sepsis App – Sepsis Clinical Guide, Android edition! Certain challenges in adapting our technology to the Android OS delayed its release, but we finally got it...
by admin | Mar 21, 2012 | Regulatory
In a previous post we threatened you with a future post on HIPAA, the rules that govern healthcare privacy and the protection of individual health information in the US. So due to popular demand (actually only 2 mHealth geeks asked for it) here is our brief intro to...
by admin | Feb 12, 2012 | Mobile technology
Smartphone usage statistics are impressive! According to Nielsen Mobile Insights, smart phones will have reached the 50% penetration mark in the US mobile phone market by the end of February 2012, surpassing feature phones. This is up from 36% penetration in February...
by admin | Jan 30, 2012 | Regulatory
Last year the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to release new guidance documents that define and expand the types of clinical decision support (CDS) systems it will regulate. In July of 2011, the FDA released for comment purposes a draft guidance...
by admin | Dec 1, 2011 | Misc
For the second year in a row, we attended the mHealth Summit in Washington, DC, the country’s largest conference on mobile health and wireless applications in healthcare. Last year’s summit was a real treat as the keynote speakers were Bill Gates and Ted Turner. Mr....
by admin | Sep 30, 2011 | Product News
We are proud to announce the release of our first app on the ESCAVO mobile publishing platform for iOS, the Sepsis Clinical Guide app. We chose the topic of sepsis for our first app because of first-hand personal experience of its devastating effects, and the...
