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Trump Pushes Telehealth, mHealth Adoption in Medicare Executive Order

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President Donald Trump is ordering Medicare to adopt more telehealth programs and pave the way for new technologies, including mHealth tools and services. In a scheduled visit to a Florida retirement...

Parkinson’s Study to Use mHealth Wearables to Gather Real-Time Data

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Researchers at the University of Rochester will be using mHealth wearables to gather continuous, real-time data on how people living with Parkinson’s and Huntington’s Disease go through...

VA’s Tablet Program Puts a Positive Spin on Telehealth Expansion

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Federal officials looking to improve telehealth access for the nation’s veterans may be overlooking an important tool: the tablet. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ project to give...

Commission Eyes Global Standards for mHealth Devices That Measure BP

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More than 30 physicians across the globe are calling for global validation standards for mHealth devices that measure blood pressure, saying consumer-facing digital health devices now on the market may...

Sanofi Partnership Aims to Give MS Patients an mHealth Platform

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Sanofi is partnering with a digital therapeutics company to develop an mHealth platform that would help people living with multiple sclerosis who are also having mental health problems. The French...

CA Lawmaker Pushes to Improve Birth Control Access Through Telehealth

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A California lawmaker is hoping that replacing one word in the state’s telehealth law will enable residents to get birth control pills through an mHealth app or telehealth service. AB 1264,...

Heart Health Success Prods Apple to Launch New mHealth App, Studies

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Apple is launching a new mHealth app aimed at helping researchers gather data for clinical studies. And three new national studies will be using that connected health platform. The Research app, which...

mHealth Group to Develop an Android Version of Apple Health App

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A wide-ranging mHealth partnership has announced plans to create an Android version of the Apple Health Records app, potentially giving millions of Americans a new connected health platform to access...

Planned Parenthood Expands mHealth Platform to Improve Access to Care

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Planned Parenthood is expanding its telehealth platform to combat federal funding restrictions, rolling out a new mHealth app that offers UTI and birth control services. The organization announced...

Mercy Virtual Adds Telehealth Kits to Remote Patient Monitoring Program

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Mercy Virtual is expanding its remote patient monitoring platform with a program that uses a home telehealth hub and mHealth devices to track the daily activities of patients living with congestive...

Kaiser, Samsung Tout Success of Telehealth in Cardiac Rehab Program

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Kaiser Permanente is announcing the success of a cardiac rehabilitation telehealth program that saw increased patient engagement and reduced rehospitalizations among more than 2,300 Californians who...

Emory Launches Remote Patient Monitoring Study for Coronary Care

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Emory University is launching a remote patient monitoring study to determine whether an mHealth wearable can help improve care management for people with coronary artery disease – and help care...

mHealth, Telehealth Help Doctors Improve Cancer Screening, Counseling

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UnityPoint Health is using a combination of mHealth and telehealth to improve care management and coordination for women at risk of breast cancer. The nation’s 13th largest non-profit health...

VA Launches New mHealth App to Consolidate Vets’ Access to Resources

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a new mHealth app in an effort to give veterans and their caregivers one portal into the VA’s connected health resources. The VA Launchpad for...

FDA Orders Recall of Telemedicine Platform for Online Eye Exams

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Visibly has taken its vision-screening mHealth app off the market, following a directive from the US Food and Drug Administration. Earlier this month, the FDA issued a Class 2 Device Recall for the...

Can mHealth Tools, Smart Clothing Help in Chronic Fatigue Research?

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mHealth researchers in Canada are launching a five-year project to gather information through wearables and smart clothing to help people living with chronic fatigue syndrome. The Canadian Institutes...

Fitbit Partners With Singapore to Launch a National mHealth Program

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Fitbit is partnering with Singapore to launch a nationwide mHealth platform. The San Francisco-based company and one of the leaders in the digital health and wearables industry is partnering with...

New Jersey Hospital Cuts Stroke Readmission Rate Through mHealth

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An mHealth platform giving stroke survivors and their care providers on-demand access to discharge information and resources has helped a New Jersey hospital cut its readmission rate for stroke...

Idaho Health System Puts mHealth to the Test on Suicide Prevention

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An Idaho health system is using a $3 million federal grant to test whether structured mHealth messages can help deter suicides. The St. Luke’s Health System will use the Patient-Centered...

A New mHealth Patch Could Help Clinicians With Remote Monitoring

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mHealth researchers are working on a patch that can collect biomarkers from a patient, giving providers a new resource for painless and unobtrusive remote patient monitoring programs. Funded by a...

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