mHealth Devices

Examining the Benefits and Challenges of Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Congress Eyes Seniors’ Access to mHealth Tools for Diabetes Care Management

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Study: mHealth Chatbots Fail to Meet Demands in Dementia Care

by Eric Wicklund

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...

mHealth Wearables Increase Healthcare Use Among Arrhythmia Patients

by Victoria Bailey

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...

Could Congress Help Community Health Centers Expand Mobile Health Outreach?

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Congress to Debate Medicare Coverage for Audio-Only Telehealth Services

by Eric Wicklund

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...

3 Health Systems Join Project to Create Continuous mHealth COVID-19 Monitor

by Eric Wicklund

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...

$2M Army Project Aims to Create an mHealth Wearable to Diagnose Concussions

by Eric Wicklund

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...

New Study Shows mHealth Games Help Children With Autism - And Their Parents

by Eric Wicklund

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...

CTA, ACC Partner on mHealth, Telehealth Standards in Cardiovascular Care

by Eric Wicklund

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 State Passes Legislation Supporting Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

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...

New mHealth Study Takes on Health Outcomes Among the Homeless

by Eric Wicklund

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...

AHIMA Launches mHealth Resource, Assessment Tool for Vendors

by Eric Wicklund

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...

HHS, FDA Backtrack From Plan to Deregulate mHealth Devices, Apps

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Better Medicare Alliance Touts Support for Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Mayo Clinic Launches New Platform for Analyzing Data From mHealth Devices

by Eric Wicklund

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...

UW Researchers Develop an mHealth Tool that Tracks Vital Signs With a Camera

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Health Systems to Use mHealth to Help COVID-19 Patients With ‘Brain Fog’

by Eric Wicklund

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...

AMA Lobbies CMS to Extend Medicare Coverage for Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

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...

Stanford Children’s Uses mHealth to Keep Young Patients at Home

by Eric Wicklund

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...

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