Mobile Healthcare and Telehealth News

Wearable Sensor Assists Process of Diagnosing Heart Attacks

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Presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology, new research describes a wearable sensor worn on the wrist that can...

Mass General to Test Virtual Reality Solution for Mental Healthcare

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced plans to conduct a randomized controlled trial with Rocket VR Health (RVH) to gather insights into the efficacy of a virtual reality digital therapeutic...

Telehealth Use Rose Almost 4% Percent Nationally in December

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At the close of 2022, telehealth use increased at the national level, growing in three out of four US census regions, according to the FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional tracker. The FAIR Health...

Virtual Care Team Strategy Boosts Heart Failure Therapy Uptake

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Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, new research describes a novel virtual care team strategy that successfully guided treatment strategies and boosted the uptake of...

PA Health System Expands Telehealth, RPM Collaboration

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With the goal of enhancing healthcare delivery through telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM), Masimo and Temple University Health System (Temple Health) are expanding their collaboration to...

Atrium Health, Best Buy Health Strike Hospital-at-Home Deal

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Atrium Health has entered into a three-year partnership with Best Buy Health to create new home-based acute care offerings and enhance its hospital-at-home program. A part of Advocate Health,...

Remote Patient Monitoring Improves Outcomes for COPD Patients

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Published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, recent research described the various benefits chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients experienced from...

Telehealth Initiative Aims to Provide Virtual Care in GA School Settings

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The Harris County School District in Georgia recently began a partnership with Mercer Medicine to implement a telehealth initiative to increase access to healthcare for students and school employees,...

Collaboration Aims to Enhance Access to Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

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Amid a rapidly growing youth mental health crisis, Brightline and Evernorth Health Services have formed a partnership to support children and their families by expanding access to behavioral healthcare...

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Cuts Death Risk Among Veterans

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Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, a new study found that among US military veterans hospitalized for cardiac issues, those who took part in home-based cardiac rehabilitation...

South Georgia Hospitals to Gain Access to Remote Monitoring Services

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To expand critical care access, Emory Healthcare will provide Memorial Hospital and Manor and Coffee Regional Medical Center with access to its electronic intensive care unit (eICU), giving patients...

Remote Patient Monitoring Use Skyrockets 1,300%

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The adoption of remote patient monitoring (RPM) has skyrocketed, with RPM claim volume increasing by 1,294 percent from January 2019 to November 2022, according to a new report. Released by data...

Most Virtual Primary Care Visits Do Not Require In-Person Follow-Ups

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A recent study conducted by Epic Research found that, more often than not, primary care-related telehealth visits did not result in the need for an in-person follow-up visit, indicating the reliability...

Income, Race Among Factors that Influence Telehealth Literacy

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Published in the March Issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, new research provided evidence surrounding the demographic characteristics, such as income, race, and area of residency, that may...

Telehealth Use Among Older, Rural, Uninsured Adults Spikes

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Groups with typically low telehealth use rates experienced year-over-year increases in 2022, according to new survey data from Rock Health. Rock Health conducted the survey between July 12 and August...

MO Health System Expands At-Home Hospital to Treat More Patients

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Saint Luke’s Health System aims to increase the number of patients treated through its at-home hospital program by expanding it to include patients seeking care at Saint Luke’s Hospital of...

DEA Proposes Limits on Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances 

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has released proposed rules governing telehealth-based prescribing that extend some telehealth flexibilities but reinstate previous rules related to the...

MN Payer, Hybrid Care Provider Partner to Extend Rural Healthcare Access

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross MN) has entered into a new collaboration with Homeward, a hybrid care provider focusing on rural healthcare. Blue Cross MN's Medicare Advantage...

Telehealth Advocacy Groups Raise RPM Coverage Decision Concerns

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The American Telemedicine Association and Alliance for Connected Care have expressed concerns regarding a Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting on remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote...

Over a Third of Adults Use Health Apps, Wearables in 2023, Up From 2018

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In 2023, about 40 percent of US adults are using healthcare-related applications, and 35 percent are using wearable healthcare devices, a new survey shows. Released by Morning Consult, the survey...

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