With the pandemic limiting access to in-person healthcare, audio-only telehealth has surfaced as a popular platform for care delivery. But it’s not good for all (or even many) services, and...
A pair of Senators has re-introduced proposed legislation aimed at give seniors better access to mHealth and telehealth tools for diabetes care management.
The Improving Medicare Beneficiary Access to...
mHealth apps that function as chatbots may have great potential in engaging with patients living with dementia, but they aren’t there yet, according to a new study.
Researchers from the...
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that using mHealth wearable devices such as smartwatches can increase healthcare use in patients diagnosed with...
A bill introduced this past March in the Senate could help community health centers improve access to care for underserved populations through mobile health clinics, some with telehealth...
The debate over whether to allow Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services is now before Congress.
US Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) this week introduced the Permanency...
Three health systems are joining a federally-funded project aimed at developing an mHealth platform that can continuously track COVID-19 patients at home and notify care providers the moment their...
The US Army is investing $2 million in a project to develop an mHealth wearable that can identify concussions.
The US Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is issuing the grant to...
A recent pilot program has found that an mHealth game platform tailored for children with Autism not only improves behavioral health outcomes – it also reduces stress in parents.
The...
The American College of Cardiology is partnering with the Consumer Technology Association to help providers get a handle on the fast-growing field of mHealth and telehealth devices for cardiovascular...
Washington Governor Jay Inslee has signed legislation requiring payers to cover certain audio-only telehealth services.
The passage of HB 1196 puts the state at the forefront of debate over whether a...
A new study being launched out of the University of Texas aims to see whether mHealth can improve healthcare access and outcomes for homeless people.
Funded by a grant from the Health and Human...
The American Health Information Management Association is jumping on the mHealth bandwagon with a resource site and assessment standards for digital health companies.
Working with Moxe, a clinical...
Federal officials are quietly withdrawing a Trump administration plan to end regulatory review of 83 types of mHealth devices, saying the original plan was flawed and could have put the lives of...
The Better Medicare Alliance is touting support from more than 30 health systems and healthcare organizations for a bill that would establish Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services in...
The Mayo Clinic has launched a new mHealth platform aimed at helping healthcare providers improve their use of connected health devices in remote patient monitoring and other mobile health...
The University of Washington and Microsoft have developed an mHealth platform that can collect vital signs using the camera on a laptop or smartphone.
The technology, which analyzes video of a...
Three health systems will be testing an mHealth platform aimed at helping patients experiencing cognitive dysfunction following COVID-19, a side effect to the coronavirus pandemic that could affect...
The American Medical Association is lobbying for permanent Medicare coverage for audio-only telehealth services.
In a letter to Acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...
With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic curtailing in-person care, physicians at Stanford Children’s Health are using mHealth devices and telehealth platforms to monitor some of their youngest and...