mHealth Devices

Geisinger Tests mHealth Platform for Chronic Pain Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

Health systems looking for an alternative to opioids are testing out mHealth and telehealth tools to help patients living with acute and chronic pain. The Geisinger Health System, for example, is...

FDA OKs mHealth App, Platform for Detecting Traumatic Nightmares

by Eric Wicklund

The US Food and Drug Administration has OK’d an innovative mHealth tool that can detect and help treat traumatic nightmares. Called Nightware, the product consists of an mHealth app and...

AMA Foundation Supports Telehealth Initiative in Chicago’s West Side

by Eric Wicklund

The American Medical Association Foundation is donating $100,000 to a Chicago organization that uses telehealth to help underserved residents monitor hypertension. The donation to West Side United is...

MIT Researchers Use mHealth Tools to Identify COVID-19 in a Cough

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an mHealth tool that can detect evidence of COVID-19 in one’s cough. In a study recently published in the IEEE Journal of...

Senators Seek CMS Support for Telehealth Services for Expectant Moms

by Eric Wicklund

A bill introduced last week in the Senate aims to establish Medicare and Medicaid coverage for telehealth programs that monitor the health of expectant mothers. The Connected Maternal Online Mothering...

Fitbit Launches COVID-19 mHealth Study With US Army, Northwell Health

by Eric Wicklund

New York’s Northwell Health system will be giving several thousand Fitbits to employees as part of a telehealth study aimed at proving the value of mHealth wearables in detecting COVID-19. The...

ChristianaCare Designs its Own Telehealth Platform for Amazon Alexa

by Eric Wicklund

A Delaware health system has customized an Amazon Alexa mHealth app to give patients personalized care management information at home. Wilmington-based ChristianaCare announced this week that the Home...

Yale Studies 3 Different Telehealth, mHealth Tools for Cardiac Care

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at Yale University are launching a connected health study that will analyze three different telehealth and mHealth platforms for treating patients living with heart failure. The Yale...

Telehealth, mHealth Featured in Projects and Studies Across the Country

by Eric Wicklund

With interest high in connected health these days, health systems are scrambling to partner with vendors to test out new technologies for remote patient management and care. In North Carolina, Wake...

Study Finds Underserved Communities Are Receptive to mHealth Tools

by Eric Wicklund

A good mHealth platform can influence underserved communities to manage their health and participate in clinical studies, according to a new study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. As...

FDA Touts mHealth Expertise With Digital Health Center of Excellence

by Eric Wicklund

The US Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the Digital Health Center of Excellence, aimed at supporting mHealth and telehealth tools. “Establishing the Digital Health Center of Excellence...

Philips, Defense Department Expand mHealth Project for Infection Tracking

by Eric Wicklund

The Department of Defense is working with Philips to create a telehealth platform that would remotely monitor service members for infectious diseases, including the coronavirus. Officials say the...

NIH Targets COVID-19 mHealth, Telehealth Projects With New Awards

by Eric Wicklund

The University of California at San Francisco and eight digital health companies are receiving almost $23 million in federal funding to develop telehealth and mHealth platforms that address the...

Centene, Samsung Partnership Gives FQHCs More Telehealth Tools

by Eric Wicklund

Two tech giants are joining forces to equip federally qualified health centers with telehealth tools to help them reach underserved populations. Centene and Samsung have announced a partnership to...

Senators Press VA to Expand Telehealth Coverage for Vets’ Families

by Eric Wicklund

 A group of Senators is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand telehealth coverage for veterans’ families during the coronavirus pandemic to include telephone calls and text...

Purdue Researchers Use an mHealth Wearable to Improve Wound Care

by Eric Wicklund

Engineers at Purdue University have developed an mHealth wearable that uses ozone to improve wound care at home. The connected health platform consists of a disposable, gas-permeable patch that covers...

Vanderbilt Study Proves Value of mHealth in Care Management, Engagement

by Eric Wicklund

A new study out of Vanderbilt University finds that mHealth messages can not only help care providers maintain engagement with chronic care patients, but maintain a high level of engagement over a...

CMS Eyes Expanded Coverage for Innovative Telemedicine Devices

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are proposing to expand Medicare coverage for new telemedicine and mHealth technologies classified as “breakthrough medical devices.” The Centers for Medicare &...

Texas Hospital Using mHealth Wearables to Monitor Cardiac Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

A Texas hospital is launching a telehealth program that will use mHealth wearables to improve care management for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute...

Draft Guidelines Introduced to Protect Consumer Data on mHealth Platforms

by Eric Wicklund

Two digital health organizations have joined forces to develop guidelines to protect health information gathered by consumer-facing mHealth devices. The Draft Consumer Privacy Framework for Health...

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