An analysis of 10 popular mHealth apps for opioid addiction treatment and recovery finds very few safeguards in place for the protection of personal health information.
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A pair of Senators has re-introduced proposed legislation aimed at give seniors better access to mHealth and telehealth tools for diabetes care management.
The Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to...
New research from a trio of healthcare’s heavy hitters indicates telehealth is also good for the environment.
In what’s being billed as the first large-scale study in the US, researchers...
VA healthcare providers in Wyoming are adding telehealth services to their eye care program to serve distant veterans in the rural state.
The Cheyenne VA Medical Center has acquired a mobile health...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill that allows healthcare providers to prescribe medical marijuana via telehealth.
Murphy’s signature on SD 619/A 1635 follows his...
A Canadian study calls for more federal investment in telehealth services at the primary care level to help providers address mental healthcare needs.
The study, led by researchers at the University...
While many healthcare providers are just now getting into the remote patient monitoring arena, Ochsner Health has scaled its platform to a national level, and is now monitoring more than 20,000 people...
West Virginia University researchers are touting the early results of an ongoing program that uses telehealth to help residents transition back to home after a story in a nursing home or long-term care...
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are integrating telehealth into a federal funded study on suicide prevention.
Financed by almost $8 million in funding from the...
Telehealth is making the second opinion much more meaningful.
While patients and healthcare providers have been using connected health for years to both research and support diagnoses and treatment...
Lawmakers in Washington DC are continuing to push for more federal funding for broadband expansion, which in turn would greatly expand telehealth adoption.
The Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive...
The University of North Florida is launching a project with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to examine how social determinants of health may be driving low telehealth access in...
As the pandemic eases and state public health emergencies expire, healthcare providers are scrambling to figure out what they can and can’t do with telehealth any more.
Florida Governor Ron...
Telehealth adoption has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly in treatments for people dealing with substance abuse issues. And that trend will likely continue, as providers look for...
The next phase of the 21st Century Cures Act includes several measures to boost Medicare coverage for telehealth, through both new programs and acts to permanently extend connected health freedoms...
A group of senators is pushing new legislation that would increase federal funding for telehealth programs in rural states.
The Rural and Telehealth Expansion Act, sponsored by Senators Shelley Moore...
One of the nation’s largest non-profit federally qualified health centers is integrating telehealth and remote patient monitoring services into its PACE program to improve care for thousands of...
A group of Senators has re-introduced a bill that would establish Medicare coverage for care providers who use telehealth in diabetes prevention programs.
The Promoting Responsible and Effective...
Independence Blue Cross is issuing grants to support the expansion of remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs developed by Penn Medicine.
The Philadelphia-based payer is funding three...
US Reps Liz Cheney and Debbie Dingell are jumping onto the telehealth policy bandwagon with a bill aimed at permanently extending key waivers introduced during the pandemic.
Cheney, a Republican...
