Before the Federal Trade Commission or Food and Drug Administration tackle another mobile health technology investigation, the two federal agencies–both of which are charged with protecting consumers–need to huddle up in a conference room, lock the door and not come out until they produce a clear map of what they’re responsible for when it comes to oversight and regulating such tools.
Why? Because right now it’s getting quite difficult to figure out who’s keeping on eye on the shallow end of the mobile health technology pool and who’s watching the deep end.
