mHealth Devices

VA Sees a Surge in Veterans Using Telehealth to Access Healthcare

by Eric Wicklund

Veterans used telehealth to access care more than 120,000 times a week during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s more than a 1,000...

mHealth Platforms for Chronic Care Get the Green Light From the FDA

by Eric Wicklund

Federal regulators have signaled their support for a pair of mHealth platforms that use digital therapeutic tools to improve chronic care management. The US Food and Drug Administration has granted...

New mHealth Study Uses Wearables to Identify COVID-19 Symptoms Early

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth data company is working to develop software that would enable providers to identify people with COVID-19 symptoms through remote patient monitoring platforms. California-based Evidation...

New COVID-19 Stroke Guidelines Stress Support for Telehealth, mHealth

by Eric Wicklund

A team of stroke experts has published new guidelines calling for the increased use of telemedicine during triage and transport to improve patient care and outcomes. Writing in the American Heart...

TRICARE Cuts Telehealth Co-pays, OKs Phone Calls During COVID-19 Crisis

by Eric Wicklund

Prompted by concerns from two senators, the US military’s health care program is eliminating co-payments for telehealth services and providing coverage for audio-only phone services. The...

Defense Dept. to Use mHealth Wearables to Test COVID-19 Treatments

by Eric Wicklund

The US Department of Defense is launching a massive project aimed at using mHealth wearables to identify new treatments for people infected with the Coronavirus. The DoD is working with physIQ, a...

Tennessee Uses mHealth to Improve Care Management for Medicaid Members

by Eric Wicklund

Tennessee’s Medicaid program will be using an mHealth sensor to measure medication adherence among members undergoing Hepatitis C treatment. TennCare is partnering with Proteus Digital Health on...

Researchers Create mHealth Patch to Monitor COVID-19 Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers in Chicago are working on an mHealth wearable that will help providers monitor COVID-19 patients at home. The patch, developed by Northwestern University and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab,...

Stanford’s mHealth Project Targets Heart Health in Underserved Populations

by Eric Wicklund

Stanford Medicine will soon be launching a new program that aism to determine whether mHealth wearables can be used to manage cardiovascular health in underserved populations. Armed with a $2.5...

FCC Asked to Include Dentists in COVID-19 Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

With dentists struggling to stay afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic, the American Dental Association is calling on the federal government to support practices using telehealth. In an April 27...

A NYC Telemental Health Clinic Uses mHealth to Gain New Insights Into Care

by Eric Wicklund

With the Coronavirus pandemic severely curtailing in-person care, a Manhattan-based mental health clinic is getting the most out of its virtual care platform. Now they’re complementing their...

mHealth Study to Test Cardiac Effects of Potential COVID-19 Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth study being launched in France will use an mHealth wearable to monitor cardiac activity in COVID-19 patients being treated with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, a drug therapy eyes as a...

FCC Rewards 5 More Health Systems With COVID-19 Telehealth Program Funding

by Eric Wicklund

Five more health systems have qualified for funding from the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program. As with the first group of health systems announced last week,...

FDA Eases Guidelines for New mHealth, Telemental Health Treatments

by Eric Wicklund

With the Coronavirus pandemic putting a strain on the mental health of both patients and providers, federal officials are easing up on regulations for mHealth and apps and telehealth services to push...

6 Health Systems Receive Funding From FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

Six health systems across the US will receive funding from the Federal Communications Commission’s new COVID-19 Telehealth Program to expand their connected health platforms to tackle the ongoing...

OSF HealthCare Uses Telehealth, RPM to Treat COVID-19 Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

OSF HealthCare has launched a state-based telehealth program that uses remote patient monitoring concepts to triage and treat Coronavirus patients in their homes. The Illinois-based, 14-hospital...

SRTI, Stanford Health Launch mHealth Consortium for COVID-19 Research

by Eric Wicklund

Two mHealth research projects aimed at examining the value of wearables in tracking and treating people with infectious diseases like the Coronavirus are pooling their resources. The Scripps Research...

Lawmakers Ask CMS to Expand mHealth Coverage for Mental Health Services

by Eric Wicklund

A group of lawmakers is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to expand mHealth access to mental health services by allowing people to connect by phone. In a letter to Health and...

ATA, CTA Unveil Online Database of Telehealth, mHealth Services

by Eric Wicklund

The American Telemedicine Association and Consumer Technology Association have partnered to create an online database of telehealth and mHealth platforms and tools. The Digital Health Care Directory...

mHealth Project to Crowdsource Consumer Data for Coronavirus Research

by Eric Wicklund

mHealth researchers are using smartphones to crowdsource Coronavirus research. The University of California at San Francisco has launched COVID-19 Citizen Science (CCS), a project aimed at gathering...

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