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Utah Payer to Cover Prescription Digital Therapeutic for Opioid Use Disorder

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SelectHealth, a Utah-based health insurer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare, has added reSET-O, a prescription digital therapeutic, as a covered benefit for some members. The...

Smartphone App Can Detect Skin Cancer Among Older People

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While discovering new methods of care during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford Medicine researchers found that a smartphone app known as SkinIO is highly resourceful when detecting skin cancer among...

App Shows Potential for Improving Heart Health Among Black People

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In a study published in the journal Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a smartphone app geared toward improving heart health in Black communities could lead to noticeable benefits, such as...

NIH Grant to Fund Study on mHealth App for Anxiety, Depression

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To manage the adverse effects of COVID-19 on mental health, researchers Michael Businelle, PhD, and Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD, created a mobile app called Easing Anxiety Sensitivity for Everyone...

AHRQ Offers Tips for Picking Mental Health mHealth Apps

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To assist in the process of selecting resources, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued a brief called “Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Applications” to help...

Smartphone-Based Tympanometry System Can Test Ear Function

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Pocket-sized health solutions are becoming increasingly innovative, with researchers from the University of Washington (UW) and Seattle Children's announcing their newly developed smartphone-based...

FDA Approves Smartwatch-Based Solution to Monitor Parkinson’s Disease

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the StrivePD Ecosystem for  Parkinson’s disease monitoring through the Apple Watch. Developed by San Francisco-based Rune...

New mHealth App Aims to Support Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

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Amid a major spike in opioid use disorder-related deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, a smartphone application developed by the University of Virginia (UVA) Health known as HOPE (Heal, Overcome,...

ATA, Others Release Digital Health App Assessment Framework

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A newly developed framework aims to provide physicians and patients with a process for assessing digital health technologies, including mobile applications and web-based tools. Released by the...

Rating System for Health-Related Smartphone Apps May Be Beneficial

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A rating system can help lead clinicians to a smartphone application that can benefit certain patients by winnowing the exhaustive list of available apps down to a few for clinicians to consider,...

UT Health San Antonio to Expand Access to Substance Use Disorder Support App

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is expanding the availability of the WEconnect Recovery app to people in Texas suffering from substance use disorders. The app will be...

mHealth App Doubled Screenings at Family, Internal Medicine Practices

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A self-administered screening on a tablet device is a highly effective method for identifying patients with depression, risk of injurious falls, or intimate partner violence, research from Wake Forest...

UNC Gets $2.8M to Study Impact of Personalized Messaging on Weight Loss

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $2.8 million to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, which will be used to examine the impact of adding personalized messaging to its weight...

Highmark Launches Virtual Type 2 Diabetes Care Program

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Highmark Health has launched a virtual care program for adults with type 2 diabetes that includes personalized care management, remote patient monitoring, and telehealth. Dubbed Well360 Diabetes...

Low Proportion of Older Adults Are Using Health Apps

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As health monitoring technology becomes increasingly innovative, a new survey from the University of Michigan (U-M) finds that older adults who could enormously benefit from these services do not show...

WVU Medicine to Deploy Virtual Diabetes Care App for Employees

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West Virginia University Health System, or WVU Medicine, is partnering with digital health company Virta Health to offer its virtual diabetes treatment to eligible employees in the state. With this...

$2.5M Grant to Support mHealth Asthma Interventions for Black Americans

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A researcher at Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine has received a $2.5 million grant to develop a mobile management program with the aim of improve asthma control in young Black...

NC Health System Launches New Digital Care Access Tools

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Novant Health has launched two new digital tools that aim to help patients access care and make informed decisions. The tools, a virtual assistant and a physician...

Digital Interventions May Aid in Reducing Depression Symptoms

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Digital interventions accessed through a computer or smartphone were effective at reducing symptoms of depression, according to a meta-analysis published by the American Psychological Association. The...

mHealth App Improves Patient-Provider Communication During Pregnancy

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An mHealth application could help identify pregnant people at-risk for preeclampsia and increase prophylactic low-dose aspirin intake through improved patient-provider communication, a study from the...

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