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UVA Health Researchers Use Wearables Data to Enhance Cancer Care

November 2, 2023 - Researchers at the University of Virginia Health (UVA Health) have found that wearable devices can be used to glean insights into patients’ cortisol levels, enabling clinicians to identify and provide personalized care to at-risk cancer patients. The research is still in its early stages, but UVA Health researchers have discovered that...


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New Center Aims to Further Telehealth Research, Education

by Mark Melchionna

After receiving approval from its Board of Regents, Texas A&M University plans to add a Telehealth Institute to its health system, supporting virtual care-related research, education, and clinical...

Teledoc Health Expands Weight, Prediabetes Provider-Based Care

by Mark Melchionna

Teladoc Health announced its new effort to expand provider-based care through the addition of tools for weight management and diabetes prevention, encompassing medication optimization, activity...

Collaboration Aims to Assist Veterans Through Virtual Reality Solutions

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of assisting veterans in accessing necessary care, the VA Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning (OHIL) partnered with Penumbra to create and test virtual reality (VR)...

Racial Disparities Uncovered in Pediatric Pulse Oximetry Readings

by Mark Melchionna

In determining the accuracy associated with pulse oximetry readings for children, Black patients were found to be more likely to receive false indications of hypoxemia or lack thereof, according to new...

MO Health System Strikes Partnership to Launch Hospital-at-Home Care

by Mark Melchionna

A new partnership between St. Louis-based Mercy health system and Maribel Health aims to develop clinically appropriate, at-home care programs that leverage in-person and virtual care, including a new...

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Cuts Death Risk Among Veterans

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, a new study found that among US military veterans hospitalized for cardiac issues, those who took part in home-based cardiac rehabilitation...

Collaboration Adds Telehealth Center to Retail Pharmacy Location

by Mark Melchionna

A recent partnership between Publix Pharmacy and Beaufort Memorial Hospital in South Carolina aims to add a telehealth center to a pharmacy location, which will include features such as a private room...

Telehealth Saves Healthcare Costs for Some Cancer Patients

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open found that among nonelderly cancer patients, the expansion of telehealth oncology services may have helped lessen challenges related to travel, including...

Telehealth Can Support Care of Young Children with Developmental Delay

by Mark Melchionna

A study recently published in JAMA Network Open found that a telehealth intervention to support the treatment of children with developmental delay (DD) was associated with lower levels of externalizing...

FL Health System to Provide Remote Patient Monitoring for Chronic Care

by Mark Melchionna

With the goal of improving chronic care outcomes, Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has partnered with Stel Life to add remote patient monitoring (RPM) tools to treat conditions such as chronic obstructive...

Telehealth Helped Improve Attendance Rates at NICU Follow-Ups

by Mark Melchionna

While analyzing the effects of telehealth use on neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) follow-ups, a study conducted by Maine Health and published in Hospital Pediatrics found that telemedicine...

Telehealth Earned a Place in Standard Healthcare Delivery Approaches

by Mark Melchionna

Following an analysis of demographic, geographic, and clinical trends, a study from the Chartis Group found that telehealth grew in popularity between 2020 and 2022, ultimately gaining the reputation...

In-Person Exam Has Little Impact on Virtual Urological Surgery Planning

by Mark Melchionna

A recent study found that except for certain urologic conditions, virtual surgical planning for urology patients that occurred through video visits was not influenced by an in-person examination and...

NIH to Fund Creation of Telehealth Research Centers for Cancer Care

by Mark Melchionna

Four organizations, including NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, will set up telehealth research centers of excellence focused on cancer care using funding from the...

PCORI Approves Millions in Funding for Virtual Chronic, Acute Care Research

by Mark Melchionna

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) approved funding totaling $258 million dedicated to enhancing research and examining understudied areas of treatment for chronic and acute...

PCORI to Fund Research on Chronic Care Management Using Telehealth

by Mark Melchionna

To enhance patient care and clinical effectiveness, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors (PCORI) has approved $113 million in new research funding, of which $50 million...

COVID-19 Falls from Top 5 Telehealth Diagnoses List

by Mark Melchionna

A FAIR Health report found that COVID-19 was absent from the top five telehealth diagnoses in February after being in the top five in January following a spike in cases due to the Omicron...

NIH to Use mHealth, Telehealth in Long COVID Research

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth and mHealth will play an important role in a massive research project being launched by the National Institutes of Health to analyze the long-term effects of COVID-19. The NIH announced...

University of Memphis Launches NIH-Funded mHealth Research Center

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Memphis is launching a new research center that aims to combine mHealth and telehealth platforms with AI and precision medicine. Funded by a $5.9 million grant from the National...

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