mHealth Strategies

Lawmakers Ask Congress to Create a Rural Telehealth Access Task Force

by Eric Wicklund

Lawmakers are making another push to improve telehealth access in rural America. US Reps. Greg Pence (R-IN) and Angie Craig (D-MN) have introduced the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act (HR 5506),...

HHS Launches Spanish Version of mHealth App, Boosts Care Access for Latinos

by Victoria Bailey

The Department of Health and Human Services has introduced a Spanish version of its mHealth app to improve healthcare access for Latinos and help patients prepare for in-person and telehealth...

New Partnership Gives Wisconsin SNFs Access to After-Hours Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

More than 50 skilled nursing facilities in Wisconsin will soon have access to telehealth services to improve after-hours care and reduce hospitalizations. North Shore Healthcare has announced a...

Mental Healthcare Organization to Close Clinics, Shift to Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

A Minnesota-based provider of mental health services is shutting down most of its physical locations and shifting all services to telehealth. Southwestern Mental Health, which operates five clinics...

Iowa Includes PAs, Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists in Telehealth Rules

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare regulators in Iowa have released new guidelines that allow physician assistants, speech-language pathologists and audiologists to use telehealth. The state’s Board of Physician...

Telehealth Access to Mental Health Specialists Can Be a ‘Game-Changer’ in the ED

by Eric Wicklund

Health systems struggling to address a surge in mental health cases are using telehealth to connect patients to care providers. That’s especially true in emergency departments, where patients...

FCC Preparing to Announce Next Batch of Connected Care Pilot Program Awards

by Eric Wicklund

The Federal Communications Commission is getting ready to unveil the next round of healthcare organizations that will receive funding through the Connected Care Pilot Program for telehealth...

Rhode Island Program Gives Seniors the Support They Need to Use Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

A Rhode Island-based Accountable Care Organization has launched a new program that aims to give seniors the resources they need to use telehealth. Integra is partnering with the Pawtucket Housing...

Telehealth Advocates Try to Bring Congress’ Attention Back to Long-Term Policy

by Eric Wicklund

Support is growing for a bill before both chambers of Congress that would make permanent some very specific emergency measures that were designed to boost telehealth access and coverage in rural areas...

Regence Targets Missed Wellness Visits and Check-Ups With New Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

A Pacific Northwest payer is expanding its telehealth platform in hopes that its 3 million members will get the health and wellness checkups they’ve skipped during the pandemic. Regence has...

New York’s Healthcare Staffing Order Promotes Telehealth, Mobile Integrated Health

by Eric Wicklund

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that will enable the state’s healthcare providers to use telehealth to address staffing shortages caused by the ongoing pandemic and...

How Can the Internet of Things Integrate With Telehealth, Remote Patient Monitoring?

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is seeking comments on issues related to spectrum for the Internet of Things, including broadband connectivity needed for remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs and...

Can Remote Patient Monitoring Improve Post-Surgical Care and Recovery?

by Eric Wicklund

A recent study conducted at several Canadian hospitals finds that remote patient monitoring can be used to help patients recover at home after non-elective surgery. The study, led by researchers at...

JD Power Survey Sees Telehealth Falling Back Into the Same Old Rut

by Eric Wicklund

A new study finds that while telehealth has surged during the pandemic, providers haven’t solved many of the issues that kept adoption low prior to COVID-19. J.D. Power’s 2021 US...

FCC Announces Latest Awards From COVID-19 Telehealth Program

by Eric Wicklund

More than 70 healthcare organizations will received federal funds for new connected health projects through the Federal Communications Commission’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The FCC this week...

California Extends HIPAA Telehealth Waiver to End of PHE

by Eric Wicklund

California Governor Gavin Newsom has extended an Executive Order enabling physicians to conduct routine and non-emergency telehealth services without risk of being penalized for the inadvertent release...

Thomas Jefferson University Takes on Telehealth, mHealth Barriers

by Eric Wicklund

Thomas Jefferson University has launched the Jefferson Center for Connected Care, a new effort by one of the East Coast’s leading connected health organizations to take on the barriers to...

HRSA Health Centers to Get $1B for Telehealth, Other Upgrades

by Eric Wicklund

The Biden Administration is shelling out almost $1 billion in American Rescue Plan funding to health centers in every state to support a wide range of projects, including telehealth expansion. In all,...

Researchers Develop an mHealth Wearable That Can Deliver Vaccines

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers are developing an mHealth wearable that might someday take the sting out of vaccine shots and make them more effective as well. Teams from Stanford University and the University of North...

Biogen Joins UCLA’s mHealth Project to Gather Cognitive Data From Devices

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth project launched in 2020 to track depression on Apple devices is expanding to measure mental health status, including cognitive decline. The University of California at Los Angeles...

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