Congress is set to debate a bill mandating Medicare coverage for mHealth tools and platforms that focus on relieving chronic pain.
HR 5833, introduced in February by US Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH), would...
A new mHealth partnership will give Amazon Alexa users detailed information on the drugs they’re taking, adding a new dimension of care management to digital health assistants.
Amazon announced...
Researchers from three US universities have launched a federally funded project to create a bandage with mHealth sensors that could help serious wounds heal faster and more effectively.
With as much...
Telehealth and mHealth have potential to help health systems tackle a potential COVID-19 epidemic in much the same way that the technology was used to handle SARS and Ebola outbreaks. And for that...
Apple is partnering with Johnson & Johnson on a new mHealth study to determine whether the Apple Watch and an accompanying app can help reduce the risk of stroke in older Americans.
The Heartline...
A Duke University study has found that a digital therapeutic platform using video gaming techniques helped improve attention spans in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
West Virginia’s Blue Cross Blue Shield program is giving its members access to an mHealth program designed to improve treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), particularly in rural areas where...
Healthcare providers and payers in eight states and the District of Columbia will soon be able to prescribe VR therapy through a telehealth clinic, giving patients an opportunity to use the digital...
Researchers at Texas A&M University are piloting an mHealth wearable platform designed to alert the user to symptoms of stress and anxiety and provide links to resources.
Led by Farzan Sasangohar,...
Expectant mothers at several Washington DC hospitals are getting mHealth access to pregnancy care resources, including remote patient monitoring programs.
The resources come through a new partnership...
A Massachusetts-based partnership aims to create a common workplace for healthcare providers and researchers using mHealth sensors in wearables and other devices.
The Open Wearables Initiative...
Regence is putting a new spin on direct-to-consumer telehealth with a service that promises members access to a doctor within seconds.
The Oregon-based payer with more than 3 million members in...
Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s caregivers are using at least one mHealth or telehealth tool to manage their caregiving responsibilities, and roughly 40 percent are looking for more digital...
Health systems are using mHealth technology to personalize their remote patient monitoring programs, giving doctors and nurses better insight into care management needs for patients at home.
El Camino...
People living with eating disorders can use an mHealth platform to curb their impulses and improve long-term care management, according to research done at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
A business accelerator launched out of the University of California at San Francisco is studying how digital therapeutic platforms, including virtual and augmented reality, can be used to improve...
A Colorado-based provider of hospice and palliative care services is launching a telehealth platform to improve care management for patients and their caregivers.
TRU Community Care, which launched as...
One of the early participants in the mHealth wearables movement is quietly pulling out.
Under Armour, which had competed alongside the likes of Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and Withings with a connected...
Payers are discovering that an mHealth program that focuses on just the Fitbit or Apple Watch won’t ensure widespread engagement or positive outcomes. They’re instead adopting...
Researchers have found a way to use mHealth wearables to tackle population health concerns.
Led by digital health expert Eric Topol, MD, researchers at the Scripps Research Translational Institute...
