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OSU Researchers Create Wearable Sensor to Monitor Muscle Atrophy

March 21, 2023 - Published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, a recent study from Ohio State University (OSU) found that an electromagnetic, wearable sensor developed by OSU researchers was a reliable alternative to MRIs for detecting muscle atrophy. Often a side effect of degenerative disease, aging, or muscle disuse, muscle atrophy refers to the loss...


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FDA Unveils mHealth App to Crowdsource Elusive Disease Treatments

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have unveiled an mHealth platform that will allow healthcare providers to share ideas on treating complex infectious diseases. The CURE ID platform, unveiled this week by the US Food...

mHealth Helps Young Arthritis Patients Communicate Their Care Needs

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are touting an mHealth app that not only helps young patients living with arthritis to access healthcare resources, but also allows them to communicate better...

Arizona MD Creates mHealth App for Pregnant Women Dealing With SUD

by Eric Wicklund

A University of Arizona physician is modifying an mHealth platform to give new and expecting mothers a digital health connection to substance abuse treatment. Maria Manriquez, MD, director of the...

Xcertia Releases New mHealth App Guidelines, Adding 3 Categories

by Eric Wicklund

Xcertia has released a new draft of proposed guidelines for mHealth apps, adding standards for operability, usability and content to its previously released guidelines for privacy and security. The...

FDA Targets Patient Data With Open-Source MyStudies mHealth App

by Eric Wicklund

The federal agency in charge of regulating new mHealth technology is looking to include digital health data from consumers into the mix. The US Food and Drug Administration has unveiled an open-source...

Xcertia Posts mHealth App Privacy, Security Guidelines for Review

by Eric Wicklund

Xcertia has released a new draft of proposed privacy and security guidelines for mHealth apps. The non-profit organization launched in 2016 by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems...

FDA OKs Stand-Alone mHealth App For Detecting Heart Rhythm Disorders

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have OK’d the first mHealth app capable of detecting atrial fibrillation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently granted market clearance for FibriCheck, a...

Scripps Details mHealth Platform for Collecting Pregnancy Data

by Eric Wicklund

Scripps Health researchers are hoping that an mHealth research app embedded in a popular connected health platform for pregnant women will help them improve care management and reduce negative health...

Do Consumers Favor Ease of Use Over Accuracy in mHealth Apps?

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth app that pledged to easily measure one’s systolic blood pressure scored high marks with users even though the readings were inaccurate, leading researchers to question whether users...

AHRQ’s New App Challenge Seeks an mHealth Platform for PRO Data

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth app capable of using standardized patient-reported outcomes to improve care management could net its developer as much as $87,000. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has...

Seattle Children’s Works to Turn PRISM Program Into an mHealth App

by Eric Wicklund

Physicians at Seattle Children’s Hospital are working to turn a web-based coping program for children with serious illnesses into an mHealth app. Created roughly 10 years ago, the Promoting...

Many mHealth Apps for Mental Health Aren’t Offering Sound Advice

by Eric Wicklund

New research suggests that mHealth apps designed to address mental health issues may be doing more harm than good. In a study of some 60 popular consumer-facing mobile health apps available in the US,...

mHealth App for HIV Patients Proves the Value of ‘Warm Technology’

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth app designed at the University of Virginia for recently-diagnosed HIV patients not only has improved care management and coordination, but has also helped them suppress the virus. The...

An mHealth App Helps Injured Vets Connect With Healthcare Resources

by Eric Wicklund

Injured veterans will soon have access to an mHealth app that connects them and their caregivers to healthcare and rehab services. The Oscar Mike Foundation, a non-profit focused on keeping injured...

AHRQ Finds Few Reliable mHealth Apps for Diabetes Care Management

by Eric Wicklund

A new report says most mHealth apps for diabetes care management haven’t been proven clinically effective – and that consumers are “experimenting on themselves” when they use...

Fitbit Makes a Mobile Health Connection With New Smartwatch Apps

by Eric Wicklund

Fitbit is beefing up the mHealth capabilities of its smartwatch. The developer of the nation’s most popular fitness tracker is continuing its push to combine direct-to-consumer technology with...

mHealth Apps With CDS Can Help Doctors Make Quicker, Better Decisions

by Eric Wicklund

mHealth apps for clinical decision support can help clinicians make better and quicker decisions about ordering diagnostic and lab tests, according to a recent study by researchers at the Baylor...

Apple Health’s mHealth Platform Expands to Almost 40 Health Systems

by Eric Wicklund

In a bid to boost mHealth interoperability across the country, almost 40 US health systems are now allowing patients to access read-only copies of their medical records through the Apple Health...

UK’s NHS Aims to Build a Library of Reliable Mobile Health Apps

by Eric Wicklund

The UK’s National Health Service is looking to beef up its library of mobile health apps. The NHS has sent out a call to mHealth developers and healthcare providers to submit their digital...

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