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From smartwatches to wellness apps, health technology has become part of everyday life. Now, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is signalling a shift in how it plans to oversee some of these tools, particularly those that are low risk and not intended to diagnose or treat disease

Nova Scotia’s health authority is skirting the rules around public contracts without competitive bids, which risks saddling the government with higher costs and unfavourable terms, the province’s auditor general said Tuesday

At the beginning of the year, the FDA announced that it would limit regulation of certain “general wellness products,” including some healthcare wearables. While lowering the barrier to market entry for these products poses low risk and could encourage greater engagement with health metrics, clinicians will still have to serve as the buffer between patients…