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Arkansas Launches Statewide mHealth Program for Concussion Education

December 3, 2018 - Arkansas officials are launching a statewide effort on an mHealth platform to educate high school athletes on the effects of concussions. The state is partnering with TeachAids, a Stanford-backed non-profit, to launch CrashCourse in every state high school. The VR-based program teaches high school-aged athletes on the causes and effects of a concussion. “Arkansas is setting a...

DC Children’s Hospital Turns to mHealth for Concussion Treatment

November 21, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A Washington, DC-based pediatric hospital will be using an mHealth platform to improve concussion treatment for children and adolescents. In a year-long program, Children’s National Medical Center will be using EYE-SYNC technology...

Non-Profit Uses mHealth to Improve Concussion Education, Treatment

September 06, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A global non-profit is using an mHealth wearable to teach healthcare providers and others how to identify and treat concussions. TeachAids, a Stanford University spinoff that has developed internationally recognized HIV and AIDS education...

Researchers Ready to Test mHealth Diagnostic Device for Head Injuries

December 19, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Harvard University researchers are ready for large-scale testing of an mHealth device that could detect traumatic brain injury from a drop of blood. The researchers are working with Boston-based mobile health device company BioDirection...

mHealth, Social Gaming Combined in Concussion Treatment for Teens

August 18, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center are combining an mHealth app and gaming technology to help teens recover from a concussion. The two health systems...

VR Glasses Give Doctors a New mHealth Tool to Treat Concussions

July 31, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

While health systems like Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai are using virtual reality technology to help their patients with pain and medication management, a California doctor is turning the mHealth technology around to help doctors identify...

Telemedicine Gets a Passing Grade in School Concussion Study

April 04, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

A telemedicine platform works just as well as a physical trainer in diagnosing concussions during a sporting event, according to a long-awaited study. In a two-year project conducted on the sidelines of Northern Arizona University...

Rural Schools turn to mHealth - and the NFL - for Concussion Management Help

November 15, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

A two-year telemedicine project to link student-athletes in 19 rural school districts with Houston Methodist Hospital’s Concussion Center could be a model for a statewide program – and a model for other states as well. The...

Using mHealth to Tackle the Concussion Conundrum

November 02, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

mHealth tools, ranging from apps to headgear the occasional robot, are changing the way schools and youth sports leagues check for concussions in their athletes. It’s not uncommon these days for a high school or college physical...

FDA OK’s mHealth Device for Detecting Concussion Symptoms

August 23, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two mHealth devices designed to test adults and children for concussive effects immediately after a head injury. The imPACT and imPACT Pediatric devices won’t enable healthcare...

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