2018 An Inflection Point For mHealth After An Active Year
Executive Summary
The past year saw US FDA and industry work hard and fast to prepare for what looks like an inevitable boom in the digital-health sector. According to interviews, the time is ripe for adoption of mobile health apps to help reduce health-care costs, but the brave new world also brings with it big challenges.
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