mHealth Applications

Canadian mHealth App Takes Aim at Preventing Deadly Drug Overdoses

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers in Canada are testing out a unique mHealth app designed to reduce overdose deaths among active drug users. NorWest Community Health Centres in northwestern Ontario will be the...

Mayo Clinic Launches New Platform for Analyzing Data From mHealth Devices

by Eric Wicklund

The Mayo Clinic has launched a new mHealth platform aimed at helping healthcare providers improve their use of connected health devices in remote patient monitoring and other mobile health...

Supreme Court Ruling May Help Providers With mHealth Messaging Strategies

by Eric Wicklund

A recent Supreme Court ruling gives healthcare providers a little more freedom to send automated text messages to patients. The court earlier this month sided with Facebook in a case involving the...

UW Researchers Develop an mHealth Tool that Tracks Vital Signs With a Camera

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Washington and Microsoft have developed an mHealth platform that can collect vital signs using the camera on a laptop or smartphone. The technology, which analyzes video of a...

Health Systems to Use mHealth to Help COVID-19 Patients With ‘Brain Fog’

by Eric Wicklund

Three health systems will be testing an mHealth platform aimed at helping patients experiencing cognitive dysfunction following COVID-19, a side effect to the coronavirus pandemic that could affect...

mHealth Helps Compass Medical Get a Complete View of Patient Care

by Eric Wicklund

A Massachusetts-based health system that saw a more than 50 percent decrease in office visits during the height of the coronavirus pandemic is using mHealth to make sure patients are still getting the...

Chicago Hospital Uses Telehealth to Manage DBS Treatment at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Rush University Medical Center has unveiled a telehealth platform that allows physicians to remotely manage patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) at home. Through the NeuroSphere Virtual...

Telehealth, mHealth Tools Smooth Out the Rough Edges for Transplant Patients

by Eric Wicklund

For people with chronic health concerns, mHealth apps and telehealth platforms offer an on-demand platform for connecting with care providers and enjoying a better life outside the doctor’s...

Boston Medical Center Launches mHealth App for MAT Providers

by Eric Wicklund

Boston Medical Center is launching an mHealth app designed to assist healthcare providers using medication-assisted treatment (MAT) therapy. The BMC MAT app, developed by Colleen LaBelle MSN, RN-BC,...

mHealth App Improves Kidney Medication Adherence, Engagement

by Hannah Nelson

A newly developed mHealth app for chronic kidney disease (CKD) care improved patient engagement and medication adherence based on a new study published in CJASN. The interactive smartphone app,...

California Hospital Uses mHealth Platform to Automate Contact Tracing

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth platform that automates contact tracing is helping Methodist Hospital of Southern California reduce COVID-19 exposure, as well as boosting staff morale and restoring public faith in a...

New mHealth Study Gives Kids a Chance to Learn From Video Games

by Eric Wicklund

Magellan Health is launching a new study to determine how mHealth games can help children with mental health concerns. The Arizona-based managed care company’s behavioral and specialty health...

Mass. Health Systems Launch mHealth Programs to Support Preventive Health

by Eric Wicklund

Two Massachusetts health systems are launching mHealth programs aimed at helping employees prevent or manage cardiometabolic diseases and kick the habit. UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with...

Global Study Using RPM, mHealth to Treat COVID-19 Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers in Arizona are launching a global study that aims to use mHealth wearables and apps, AI bots and a telehealth platform to monitor and treat COVID-19 patients at home, thereby reducing...

New Project Trains mHealth on Medication Adherence for Transplant Patients

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at three health systems will soon be launching a telehealth study to determine whether transplant patients can improve their medication management through an mHealth app. Johns Hopkins...

Arkansas Hospital Ditches mHealth App in Favor of Telehealth Platform

by Eric Wicklund

An Arkansas hospital is shutting down its urgent care mHealth app in favor of a more comprehensive telehealth platform. Baxter Regional Medical Center announced shortly before Christmas that it would...

Kaiser to Offer Connected Health Apps as Patient Care Plans

by Hannah Nelson

Kaiser Permanente is integrating telehealth and connected health strategies in behavioral healthcare through digital therapeutic referrals from providers. Physicians and therapists can now refer...

Washington Health System Launches Text-Based Virtual Care Service

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Washington health system is launching a subscription-based mHealth app offering on-demand virtual care via text message. UW Medicine is partnering with Seattle-based digital health...

NY Hospital Launching Remote Patient Monitoring Program Through Apple Watch

by Eric Wicklund

A New York hospital is developing a telehealth platform that will enable care providers to manage orthopedic patients at home through the Apple Watch. The Hospital for Special Surgery (HHS), an...

Google Unveils mHealth App, New Study on Respiratory Illnesses

by Eric Wicklund

Google has launched an mHealth app for healthcare studies, allowing researchers and providers to collect data from participants using Android phones. In unveiling the Google Health Studies app this...

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