With a Congressional directive to develop a regulatory framework for the fast evolving mHealth field, the federal agencies are asking industry for input on balancing safety and innovation while avoiding overlap.

In its 2014 budget proposal, the CDC is seeking $40 million to modernize its infectious disease informatics and sequencing tools. As antibiotic-resistant bacteria grow and new pathogens like H7N9 evolve, the CDC sees the new systems as a long-term investment.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), Tuesday kicked off the “Health Information Technologies” hearing series to discuss the critical role of technology in the health care industry and how federal regulations and taxes could impact patients, hinder innovation, and increase costs for consumers.

Over 3 days, the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hear from witnesses about how to balance between innovation and regulation.

ONC head adds that if vendors don't create an enforceable code of conduct, the Obama administration "can always look at more classic regulatory approaches."

Gary Shapiro, CEO of Consumer Electronics Association, said that 'growth comes from innovation' and the American government must adapt its legal system to support that.

The NIH's Common Fund was showcasing the National Centers for Biomedical Informatics in early November, as several open source code sets and software tools created by the projects merge into an international public-private consortium called tranSMART.

Surprising poll findings, Kerry's MITCH and integrated care, proposed mobile office at FDA, HIE disaster planning, Obama and Romney face off in NEJM, and a hole in the ACO model.

Breathe Technologies, Inc. received official approval from the Department of Veterans Affairs for its Non-Invasive Open Ventilation (NIOV™) System to be added to the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). The NIOV System has important benefits for patients with later stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is fairly common among the veteran population. Breathe has partnered with Jordan Reses Supply Company, a specialty respiratory distributor into the VA, to lead commercialization efforts. "Breathe is excited to partner with Jordan Reses to provide a life changing therapy for veterans with various forms of respiratory insufficiency," says Larry Mastrovich, President & CEO.