The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hardens data security rules for health apps and devices

By SharpBrains | October 7, 2021

FTC says it will fine dig­i­tal health com­pa­nies that don’t dis­close data breach­es (mobi­health­news): With data breach­es on the rise, the FTC is look­ing to make health apps more account­able for telling patients when their data has been exposed. The FTC released a new state­ment spec­i­fy­ing that all health apps that cap­ture sen­si­tive patient information…

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Outsmarting Smart Technology to Reclaim our Health and Focus

By SharpBrains | July 30, 2019

Out­smart­ing Smart Tech­nol­o­gy to Reclaim our Health and Focus from Sharp­Brains We hope you enjoy this slid­edeck sup­port­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing talk at the 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: The Future of Brain Health (March 7–9th).  Full record­ings are avail­able for pur­chase here. 8–8.30am. Out­smart­ing Smart Tech­nol­o­gy to Reclaim our Health and Focus Dr. Mar­garet Mor­ris, clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gist, author of Left to…

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Let’s discuss how to Outsmart Smart Technology to Reclaim our Health and Focus

By Alvaro Fernandez | April 23, 2019

I’m excit­ed to share that the upcom­ing 2019 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit will fea­ture, on May 8th, a fas­ci­nat­ing pre­sen­ta­tion and dis­cus­sion with Dr. Mar­garet Mor­ris, who spent 13 years as a researcher at Intel and recent­ly wrote a very time­ly book — Left to Our Own Devices: Out­smart­ing Smart Tech­nol­o­gy to Reclaim Our Rela­tion­ships, Health,…

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The FDA creates new Digital Health unit to reimagine regulatory paths in the age of scalable, AI-enhanced innovation

By SharpBrains | May 30, 2017 |

— Med­i­cine Is Going Dig­i­tal. The FDA Is Rac­ing to Catch Up (Wired): “WHEN BAKUL PATEL start­ed as a pol­i­cy advi­sor in the US Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion in 2008, he could pret­ty much pin­point when a prod­uct was going to land in front of the review­ers in his divi­sion. Back when med­ical devices were…

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