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NIH-Funded Project Combines Physical Therapists, Telehealth for In-Home Care

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Researchers at Boston University are using a $3.2 million federal grant to study how an mHealth app can help physical therapists improve care management for people living with Parkinson’s...

Current And Future Doctors Are More Than Ready to Use mHealth Wearables

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Current and future physicians are eager to use self-reported data from patients with mHealth wearables – in fact, they’re using wearables themselves to track health concerns. That’s...

Consumer Tech Association Unveils A Consumer’s Guide to mHealth Wearables

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Consumer-facing mHealth is a thing now, and the organization overseeing the vast consumer technology landscape wants to make sure people know how to use their wearables. The Consumer Technology...

New mHealth Wearable Tested to Detect Graft-Versus-Host-Disease

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Researchers at the University of Michigan are integrating mHealth sensors with AI tools to develop a wearable monitor that detects graft-versus-host disease. In a proof-of-concept study recently...

Fitbit Deal Gives Georgia’s Medicaid Population Access to mHealth

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Fitbit is partnering with its first Medicaid provider in an effort to improve mHealth adoption in a population sorely in need of connected health resources. Beginning with the new year, some 4,000...

Study: Mobile Telestroke Program Cuts 30 Minutes Off Response Time

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A new study finds that ambulances equipped with mHealth technology for treating strokes can shave 30 minutes off the average treatment time, potentially saving lives. As reported this month in the...

NY Cardiologist Sues Apple Over Smartwatch mHealth Capabilities

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A New York cardiologist is suing Apple, saying he developed the process by which mHealth wearables like the Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation. According to Bloomberg, Joseph Wiesel, who...

Lowell General Hospital Turns Amazon’s Alexa Into an mHealth Coach

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Lowell General Hospital is turning Amazon’s Alexa into an mHealth assistant for patients headed home after undergoing knee replacement surgery. The Massachusetts-based hospital is in the midst...

Payers Are Using mHealth, Telehealth to Promote Better Health Outcomes

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mHealth and telehealth are enabling payers to give their members and care providers the information they need to make better decisions and provide better care. But it’s not just about giving...

mHealth Tools Improve Discharge Planning for Patients and Providers

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Hospitals and health systems are finding that mHealth tools come in quite handy for meeting the requirements of the government’s new discharge planning policy. And they may also improve outcomes...

Express Scripts Selects mHealth, Telehealth Companies for Formulary

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Express Scripts has unveiled the first telehealth and mHealth companies to be validated under its new digital health formulary, giving members of the pharmacy benefit management organization guidance...

New Gallup Survey Finds mHealth Adoption Possibly Hitting a Plateau

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Roughly one in five Americans is now using an mHealth wearable, and that same percentage is using an mHealth app, according to a new survey from Gallup. The survey, conducted in November and involving...

Northwell Chatbot Addresses No-Show Rates with Patient Outreach

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Northwell Health has launched a text-based patient outreach program aimed at reducing the no show rate for colonoscopy procedures, which is most common among underprivileged patients. Skipping...

FDA Unveils mHealth App to Crowdsource Elusive Disease Treatments

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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...

New mHealth Platform Pushes AR, VR Services Toward Remote Care Space

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Healthcare providers interested in adding virtual or augmented reality to remote patient monitoring programs may soon have the mHealth technology to do so. XRHealth, the Israel-based mHealth company...

Analysis Gives Telehealth High Marks for Helping Neurologists

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Telehealth may be just as effective as an in-person visit for healthcare providers treating patients with neurologic disorders, according to research by the American Academy of Neurology. But the jury...

Humana Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Pilot for Chronic Care

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Payers are starting to take a serious look at remote patient monitoring programs in an effort to improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs for members with complex medical concerns. Humana –...

mHealth Tools Help Providers Access Data When They Most Need It

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Healthcare providers are finding that mHealth can help them better prepare for and treat critical care patients coming into their Emergency Department At King’s Daughters Medical Center in...

VA Sees 17% Increase in Veterans Accessing Telehealth in FY 2019

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More than 900,000 veterans used telehealth during the past fiscal year, an increase of 17 percent over the previous year, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The more than 2.6 million...

Can Telehealth Improve Access to Eye Care in Underserved Populations?

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Researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham will be using a $3.5 million federal grant to study how telehealth can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases in rural and...

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