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John Hancock Makes mHealth a Part of All Insurance Policies

September 20, 2018 - One of America’s oldest insurers is switching from traditional policies to an interactive model that tracks member health through mHealth devices, including wearables. John Hancock announced this week that its interactive life insurance policies, which were launched in 2015 in a partnership with the Vitality Group, will now be offered across all markets. According to the...

Are Healthcare Providers Getting Comfortable With Telehealth?

September 17, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

While research has long suggested that telehealth can be more cost-effective than the in-person visit, new studies are suggesting that doctors who use connected care technology are also becoming better care providers. A year-long...

The MAVEN Project Gives Busy Health Clinics a Telehealth Resource

September 13, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A network of volunteer physicians is using telehealth to provide consults and mentorship to where it’s needed the most – health clinics serving the underserved. The volunteers offer their services for free under the MAVEN...

Consumers Are Avoiding the ER - But Not in Favor of Telehealth

September 04, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Hospitals and health systems are launching direct-to-consumer telehealth platforms to push people with non-acute health concerns away from the emergency department and toward virtual visits. But while new research suggests ED traffic is...

When Its Only Doctor Retired, A Rural Town Turned to Telehealth

August 20, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A Georgia university with a history of expanding telehealth resources into rural parts of the state has opened a new telemedicine clinic in a town whose one and only physician recently retired. The Mercer University School of Medicine...

mHealth Can Help Teens, Young Adults Struggling With Depression

July 31, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Teens and young adults are using mHealth and telehealth to research healthcare and connect with peers online, according to a nationwide survey. It suggests that tomorrow’s consumers are comfortable with connected health services -...

California Medical Board Creates a Mobile App for Doctor Discipline

July 31, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

California residents can now use an mHealth app to find out if their doctors have been disciplined – or if they’ve moved. Touting itself as “the first American board in the nation to utilize such technology to notify...

Walgreens Launches An Online Marketplace for Telehealth, mHealth

July 26, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Walgreens has launched an mHealth platform designed to give its members online access to healthcare services, including telehealth. The “Find Care Now” digital health service, unveiled this week by the Deerfield, Ill.-based...

Telemedicine Gives Specialists a Chance to Exercise Their Skills

July 19, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Telemedicine advocates have long argued that virtual care is equal to in-person care. But for some specialists augmenting their “day job” with eConsult services, that telehealth platform enables them to do more than they...

2nd Michigan Hospital Forges Telehealth Partnership With Shriners

June 21, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A second Michigan hospital is opening a telehealth unit to enable families to access care from Shriners Hospitals for Children. Officials at Grand Rapids-based Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital announced this week that they will...

New NIH App is an mHealth Resource on Herbs, Herbal Supplements

June 15, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

The National Institutes of Health has unveiled an mHealth app offering information and resources on herbs and herbal supplements. HerbList, available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, aims to get in front of the growing...

New Mexico Health Plans Launch Phone-Based Telehealth Service

June 15, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Some 40,000 New Mexico residents will soon have access to telehealth services through their phone. Health plans True Health New Mexico and New Mexico Health Connections have announced a partnership with MDLive that will enable members to...

Hollander: Don’t Measure Telehealth Value Against In-Person Healthcare

June 08, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Those trying to find value in telehealth by comparing a virtual visit to an in-person visit are getting it all wrong, according to Judd Hollander. The virtual visit, says Hollander, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery Innovation...

Texas Governor Lobbies for Statewide School Telehealth Program

May 30, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants to expand an innovative school telehealth program across the state, giving at-risk students access to telemental health services before they pose a risk to themselves or others. The proposed expansion of...

Telehealth Holds Its Own in Helping Stroke Victims Recover Mobility

May 25, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Stroke patients who use telehealth to recover at home do just as well as those who undergo physical rehabilitation at a clinic. That’s the take-away from a study conducted by Dr. Steven C. Cramer at the University of California at...

Telehealth May Save Money, But It’s Not Yet a Necessity for Consumers

May 23, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A typical telehealth visit can save the average consumer about $100. Now all that’s left is to convince the average consumer to take advantage of the option. That’s the take-away from research recently conducted by Regence,...

In a Competitive Market, Telehealth Can Be a Valuable Commodity

May 18, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

UPMC is using its telehealth and telemedicine network to attract new patients in central Pennsylvania – possibly to the detriment of one of its biggest competitors. The Pittsburgh-based health system recently announced an expansion...

Florida VA Center Finds New Uses for Telehealth in Treating PTSD

May 09, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth has proven its value in providing much-needed mental health services to Armed Forces members and veterans dealing with PTSD. Now a Florida VA center is tweaking that platform to give veterans access to a unique form of...

Is mHealth Monitoring for Hypertension Safer Than the Doctor’s Office?

April 19, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

New research suggests that using mHealth to monitor blood pressure may actually be more accurate and safer than blood pressure readings taken in a doctor’s office. A study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine...

Community Health Centers Use Telehealth to Boost Specialty Consults

April 12, 2018 by Eric Wicklund

A unique partnership in Washington is using telehealth to connect physicians in 20 community health centers with volunteer doctors across the country for specialist consults. Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW), a not-for-profit...

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