Which Government Agencies Are Involved with mHealth? (0:43)
The founding director of mHealth explains how healthcare agencies like NIH (National Institutes of Health), FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are essential to the program.
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So there are a number of agencies let's say NIH is investing in a lot of vigorous research to identify innovation. FDA is I think is being very proactive about supporting that conversation within the parameters that they have to operate within. We have the office of the National Coordinator for IT, is very forward thinking and has been really a thought leader in the domain of mHealth, eHealth.
So I think they're extremely dynamic and forward thinking individuals who are leading the charge with the niche of these agencies.
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