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In Value-Based Care, Telehealth’s Aim is Money Saved, Not Earned

June 28, 2017 - To find value in a telehealth or mHealth program, healthcare providers must look not at how much money they’ll make, but how much they’ll save. At the St. Louis-based Mercy health system, this means sending home about 1,300 patients this year who would have died in the hospital were it not for the health system’s telehealth services. With the elimination of some 127,000 bed...

ATA Task Force to Study Environmental Effects of Telemedicine

June 21, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Can telemedicine help reduce global warming? The American Telemedicine Association will be asking that question, and many more, as it launches a task force to determine how telemedicine impacts climate change. Some telehealth and telemedicine...

Telehealth Licensure Compact Goes Live for Physical Therapists

April 28, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Physical therapists in 10 states will soon be able to use telehealth to expand their practices and give consumers more access to mobile healthcare services. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s signature on HB 1278 this week means 10 states have...

mHealth Study Proves Remote Monitoring Beats In-Person Visits

March 28, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth platform for post-operative care helped patients collaborate better and more often with their doctors and reduced follow-up visits to the doctor’s office. In addition, more than half of those using the mobile health platform,...

New Study Gives mHealth High Marks in Children’s Health

March 20, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

An analysis of dozens of mHealth studies has found that mHealth interventions can help children live healthier lifestyles. The analysis, appearing in JAMA Pediatrics, finds that parents and caregivers can improve healthcare outcomes and behaviors...

Congress to Revisit School-Based Telehealth Legislation

February 14, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Two Michigan senators have re-introduced a bill that aims to boost telehealth services in schools by connecting them with community health centers and providing more avenues for reimbursement. The Hallways to Health Act, co-sponsored by Sens....

New mHealth Study Tests an App’s Ability to Forecast Fertility

February 07, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have launched a study to determine whether an mHealth app can help prevent unintended pregnancies. The study, to be conducted by GUMC’s Institute for Reproductive Health, will follow up...

Could an mHealth Program Help Cut Billions in Chronic Care Costs?

February 07, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

A digital health program launched by Humana has proven successful in getting overweight seniors to lose weight – and could help Medicare shed billions of dollars in chronic care management costs. The Louisville, Ky.-based insurer’s...

Royal Philips CEO: mHealth, Telehealth Can Prevent Medical Errors

February 05, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

The head of Royal Philips is doubling down on the belief that mHealth and telehealth can save lives by preventing clinical errors. Frans van Houten, CEO and chairman of the Dutch technology giant, says digital health tools can erase data silos...

Telehealth Gives Trainers, Physical Therapists a Healthcare Niche

January 30, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers are turning to telehealth to bridge the gap between primary care and health and wellness. In many cases, solo doctors and small clinics are partnering with local physical therapists. Patients are referred to a PT clinic...

Banner Health’s Telehealth Program Cuts Hospitalizations and Costs

January 24, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

A telehealth platform serving some of Banner Health’s most complex patients has helped cut costs, reduced rehospitalizations and the length of hospital stays, and even slashed in half the number of patients requiring hospitalization. The...

Newest ResearchKit Study Focuses on a Rare Disease

January 20, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

Penn Medicine is launching an mHealth project on the ResearchKit platform, aimed at connecting healthcare providers with the few thousand people across the globe who have a rare condition called sarcoidosis. An inflammatory condition that leads...

UnitedHealthcare Announces a Huge Expansion of its mHealth Program

January 03, 2017 by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth program launched by one of the nation’s largest insurers that pays employees for meeting activity goals is getting a huge upgrade. UnitedHealthcare announced today at CES 2017 that it is expanding its Motion wellness program...

Telemedicine Gives Long-Term Care Facilities an Instant Link to Healthcare

December 27, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

A telemedicine platform launched by a Kentucky-based long-term healthcare system is poised for growth after officials say it helped one facility decrease costs by 30 percent. YourDoc2U, a startup created in 2015 by executives at Louisville-based...

Hospital Uses Telehealth to Help Children Manage Their Weight

December 23, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is launching a telehealth project designed to help children with weight management issues. The 12-week pediatric telehealth weight management pilot will enable the hospital’s registered dietitian...

Digital Health Tools Help Patients, Doctors Plan for End-of-Life Care

November 29, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers are using mHealth to help patients and their families prepare for the end of their healthcare journey. Through a secure online platform, providers can meet with patients, family members and caregivers in any location to map...

mHealth Platforms Are Bringing Back the House Call

November 18, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

A Texas-based mHealth app platform offering house calls to parents of sick children is gaining momentum with partnerships with two large health systems. Memorial Hermann Health in Houston and Baylor Scott & White in Dallas are now using the...

Survey Finds Strong Support for Telehealth from Mothers

November 09, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

The best way to increase telehealth adoption is to get Mom’s approval. A survey of more than 500 mothers by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and telehealth provider LiveHealth Online finds that every one of them wants round-the-clock access...

mHealth is Fitting Nicely into Pharma’s Patient Engagement Strategies

November 09, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

A major pharmaceutical company is introducing wearables to its clinical research. Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical, whose focus is on vaccines, oncology, gastroenterology and central nervous system therapies, is partnering with mHealth company...

Using Telehealth, mHealth to Fight the Flu

November 02, 2016 by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers may have a new cure for the flu this winter: The virtual visit. mHealth tools and platforms have for years been used to identify outbreaks of the flu and other highly infectious viruses and direct doctors and drugs to where...

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