Federal officials are proposing to expand Medicare coverage for new telemedicine and mHealth technologies classified as “breakthrough medical devices.”
The Centers for Medicare &...
A Texas hospital is launching a telehealth program that will use mHealth wearables to improve care management for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute...
Two digital health organizations have joined forces to develop guidelines to protect health information gathered by consumer-facing mHealth devices.
The Draft Consumer Privacy Framework for Health...
Early results from a study launched in May by Fitbit indicate mHealth wearables can help providers identify people infected with the coronavirus – often before symptoms are evident.
According to...
mHealth researchers are reporting that wearables combined with an AI platform can help healthcare providers track the severity of Parkinson’s disease.
As reported in a recent issue of Nature, a...
A remote patient monitoring program for babies who’ve had heart surgery has helped reduce infant mortality by some 40 percent, according to the American Heart Association.
In a scientific...
UCLA is launching a three-year study, using telehealth and mHealth tools, that aims to give healthcare providers a better handle on how to diagnose and treat depression.
Researchers at the university,...
The NorthShore University HealthSystem is launching a telehealth program to track certain patients during and after the transition from hospital to home.
The Chicago-based health systems is partnering...
A national non-profit launched by a quartet of high school and college students aims to increase telehealth access by giving donated mHealth devices to those who need them the most.
To date,...
Several hospitals in New Jersey and New York will be using smart clothing in a telehealth program aimed at providing remote care for patients infected with or suspected of having the coronavirus.
The...
Federal officials are throwing support behind telehealth and mHealth platform that would help providers extend dialysis treatment to the home.
Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare &...
Three prominent cancer care centers have been awarded grants from the National Cancer Institute to examine how telehealth has helped improve care management and coordination during the coronavirus...
Caught in the throes of one of the current coronavirus hotspots, Arizona’s Banner Health is using telemedicine technology to transform televisions into remote monitoring platforms to care for...
Wake Forest Baptist Health has expanded its mHealth platform with new drone delivery services – including PPE shipments for healthcare providers working with COVID-19 patients.
The North...
A Florida housebuilder is selling telehealth with new homes, aiming to capitalize on the trend toward home-based connected health.
CC Homes, based on Coral Gables, has partnered with Baptist Health to...
The University of Miami has launched a telehealth program to monitor the health of student-athletes, trainers and other athletic department staff, and may deploy the technology across the campus if...
mHealth researchers at the University of Missouri are developing temporary tattoos that could someday serve a wide range of uses in telehealth.
Once the domain of sailors, athletes, artists and...
A Michigan hospital is using mHealth sensors attached to a patient’s bed to remotely monitor vital signs, and executives see a future for the telehealth platform that goes beyond the success...
Federal regulators are moving to permanently expand telehealth coverage for home health care services.
In a June 25 notice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a proposed rule to...
A Chicago health system is launching a telehealth service that will use mHealth wearables to monitor front-line employees and high-risk patients for early indications of COVID-19.
The University of...
