Digital health technology development and use is growing in popularity not only because it helps patients and caregivers become more actively involved in managing their own health, but also because use of these interesting gadgets help to reduce health costs overall. How do these gadgets motivate people to stay healthy? Well if one can track cholesterol intake, glucose or even electrocardiogram levels every day, perhaps it would bring to light the impact of habitual unhealthy habits and encourage good and/or new ones. In some cases, they also track, store, and send inf…

While we continue to wait for the FDA to provide more clarity on the industry’s role in the digital space, not to mention the release of any social media guidelines following last year’s hearings, we thought it would be helpful to point out how the organization utilizes digital media for their own purposes.

While a lot of FDA’s content is housed at fda.gov, it has branched out into many corners of the 2.0 world. To bring all of that together, here are samples of just how the agency is using these channels themselves.

Twitter

The FDA uses T…