One bathroom scale, two thoughts on regulation

Bradley Merrill Thompson of the law firm of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. Moted that the FDA regulates a bathroom scale if it's connected to another regulated device, or if it's part of an obesity treatment program. But if the device is not connected to anything, and just tells you your weight, the FDA doesn't regulate it. But these days we're talking about the same scale -- just one device. the FDA needs to come to grips with this new reality of health care tech. Thompson spoke at today's Digital Health Summit at CES.