The federal government is seeking comments on issues related to spectrum for the Internet of Things, including broadband connectivity needed for remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs and...
A recent study conducted at several Canadian hospitals finds that remote patient monitoring can be used to help patients recover at home after non-elective surgery.
The study, led by researchers at...
A new study finds that while telehealth has surged during the pandemic, providers haven’t solved many of the issues that kept adoption low prior to COVID-19.
J.D. Power’s 2021 US...
More than 70 healthcare organizations will received federal funds for new connected health projects through the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program.
The FCC this week...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has extended an Executive Order enabling physicians to conduct routine and non-emergency telehealth services without risk of being penalized for the inadvertent release...
Thomas Jefferson University has launched the Jefferson Center for Connected Care, a new effort by one of the East Coast’s leading connected health organizations to take on the barriers to...
The Biden Administration is shelling out almost $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to health centers in every state to support a wide range of projects, including telehealth expansion.
In all,...
Several organizations are making an extra effort to lobby for expanded telehealth coverage for rural healthcare providers beyond the pandemic.
While telehealth advocates have been lobbying the Centers...
Researchers are developing an mHealth wearable that might someday take the sting out of vaccine shots and make them more effective as well.
Teams from Stanford University and the University of North...
An mHealth project launched in 2020 to track depression on Apple devices is expanding to measure mental health status, including cognitive decline.
The University of California at Los Angeles...
Telehealth and mHealth services will figure prominently in a recently announced project by several large corporations to create a healthcare platform directed at the Black community.
Doctor On Demand,...
Healthcare providers who focus on substance abuse and addiction recovery services are learning to use telehealth to improve access to care during a pandemic. Many are finding advantages to virtual care...
A federal review has found that no state Medicaid programs are analyzing how telehealth affects the quality of behavioral health services even though many are offering virtual care coverage during the...
Four Arizona hospitals and two free-standing emergency health centers have launched an mHealth platform that gives patients and their families real-time updates on their mobile devices about wait times...
Telehealth advocates are petitioning lawmakers to boost the budget for the nation’s network of telehealth resource centers (TRCs), noting they’ve seen an 800 percent increase in business...
Federal authorities are awarding $15 million in rescue plan funding to 20 states to help expand mobile health intervention services for Medicaid patients in crisis.
The planning grants, administered...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to launch a massive expansion of its remote patient monitoring program to expand care and treatment of veterans in their own homes.
The VA has filed a...
Telehealth advocates are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to amend the proposed 2022 Physician Fee Schedule to permanently extend emergency measures on telehealth access and...
Telehealth and mHealth will play an important role in a massive research project being launched by the National Institutes of Health to analyze the long-term effects of COVID-19.
The NIH announced...
The federal government is strengthening efforts to ensure than mHealth apps and connected devices protect personal health information.
The Federal Trade Commission this week issued a policy statement...