mHealth Adoption

New Collaborative Launches to Drive Digital Health Evidence, Adoption

February 22, 2024 - A group of 14 healthcare and consumer trade associations has come together to form a collaborative to accelerate digital health research and adoption. The Digital Health Collaborative will support evidence-based research and programs to raise awareness and confidence in adopting digital health technologies. The collaborative will bring provider...


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Healthcare Wearables Can Help Increase Physical Activity Among Seniors

by Anuja Vaidya

Though the adoption of wearable devices is low among older adults, their use can help boost physical activity within this population, new research shows. Wearable device development is skyrocketing,...

Researchers Propose New Digital Health Assessment Framework

by Anuja Vaidya

A group of researchers has proposed a new framework to assess evidence for digital health interventions. Known as Evidence in Digital health for EFfectiveness of INterventions with Evaluative Depth...

Leveraging a Digital Health App to Address Anemia, Maternal Health

by Anuja Vaidya

About eight years ago, Huiri Kim was told that she might be anemic. She then did what many people with anemia symptoms tend to do — ignore them and hope they go away. "About 3 million people in the US have anemia, but I think a lot...

Remote Patient Monitoring Use Skyrockets 1,300%

by Anuja Vaidya

The adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) has skyrocketed, with RPM claim volume increasing by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022, according to a new report. Released by data...

Physician Uptake of Telehealth, RPM Higher Than Other Digital Health Tools

by Anuja Vaidya

As digital health adoption among healthcare providers increases, the most significant growth was seen in adopting digital tools that support remote care, like virtual visits and remote patient...

Interest in RPM, Personal Health Tech Adoption Lagging Among Clinicians

by Anuja Vaidya

Though most rural and non-rural healthcare professionals believe remote patient monitoring (RPM) might benefit patients, only about half are interested in using it, according to a new report released...

Telehealth Adoption Highest Among Diabetes, GI Care Providers

by Anuja Vaidya

Of the various adult medicine specialties, physicians specializing in endocrinology and gastroenterology had the highest rates of telehealth adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new...

Patient Satisfaction With Live Video Dips From Pandemic High

by Anuja Vaidya

Though live video was the most-used telehealth modality in 2021, satisfaction levels with this type of visit fell — from 53 percent of Americans saying they were more satisfied with live video...

Researchers Develop an mHealth Wearable That Can Deliver Vaccines

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers are developing an mHealth wearable that might someday take the sting out of vaccine shots and make them more effective as well. Teams from Stanford University and the University of North...

AMA Survey Charts Explosive Growth of Telehealth Services in 2020

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth use by physicians jumped from 25 percent in 2018 to almost 80 percent in 2020, while almost 85 percent of psychiatrists connected with the patients via video visit or telephone during the...

CMS Plans to Scrap Innovative mHealth Technology Program

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are ditching a plan to speed up Medicare coverage for innovative mHealth technology, saying the Trump-era plan would have put patients at risk. The Centers for Medicare &...

American Academy of Pediatrics Targets Parity in Telehealth Policy Statement

by Eric Wicklund

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a policy statement on telehealth that calls for, among other things, payment parity and more efforts to address the social determinants of health....

MUSC, FQHC Consortium Unveil Telehealth Strategies for Sustainability

by Eric Wicklund

As health systems develop their own telehealth strategies to weather the COVID-19 storm, they’re putting that knowledge down on paper – virtually – to help other providers looking to...

Johns Hopkins Launches an EHR Tool to Improve Telehealth Adoption

by Eric Wicklund

One of the biggest challenges to telehealth adoption is digital literacy. Patients won’t embrace new technology if they don’t know how to use it. Over the past few years, healthcare...

Nemours Survey: Parents Like Telehealth, But More Need to Be Convinced to Use It

by Eric Wicklund

The pandemic has proven the value of telehealth to parents, according to a recent survey by Nemours Children’s Health. But it has also highlighted the need to continue emphasizing the value of...

Congress Gets Another Shot at Legislating Payment Parity for Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

A pair of Congressmen are once again floating a bill that would mandate payment parity for telehealth services and require payers to cover the same telehealth services that Medicare covers. The...

Feds Investing $19 Million in Telehealth Resource Centers, Other Programs

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is investing more than $19 million in key telehealth initiatives, including the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) and Telehealth Centers of Excellence...

New Telehealth Certificate Program Takes Aim at Primary Care Providers

by Eric Wicklund

The American Board of Telehealth has launched a new certificate program aimed at helping primary care providers deliver virtual care. The South Dakota-based organization has unveiled a Teleprimary...

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