mHealth Applications

NY Hospital Launching Remote Patient Monitoring Program Through Apple Watch

by Eric Wicklund

A New York hospital is developing a telehealth platform that will enable care providers to manage orthopedic patients at home through the Apple Watch. The Hospital for Special Surgery (HHS), an...

Google Unveils mHealth App, New Study on Respiratory Illnesses

by Eric Wicklund

Google has launched an mHealth app for healthcare studies, allowing researchers and providers to collect data from participants using Android phones. In unveiling the Google Health Studies app this...

Geisinger Tests mHealth Platform for Chronic Pain Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

Health systems looking for an alternative to opioids are testing out mHealth and telehealth tools to help patients living with acute and chronic pain. The Geisinger Health System, for example, is...

PCORI Grants Target Telehealth Projects That Support Women

by Eric Wicklund

Two health systems are getting almost $10 million to explore how telehealth can be used to improve care outcomes for women. The grants, from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI),...

UAB Launches mHealth Study to Boost Vaccine Acceptance Among Teens

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are launching a study to determine if mHealth messaging can improve vaccination rates among rural adolescents. The program, funded by a $300,000...

The Digital Therapeutics Alliance Looks to Push the Telehealth Envelope

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth and mHealth are pushing the healthcare ecosystem further toward value-based care, and a key ingredient in this transition is digital therapeutics. Digital therapeutics is “something...

FDA OKs mHealth App, Platform for Detecting Traumatic Nightmares

by Eric Wicklund

The US Food and Drug Administration has OK’d an innovative mHealth tool that can detect and help treat traumatic nightmares. Called Nightware, the product consists of an mHealth app and...

Brigham and Women’s Uses Telehealth to ID, Treat Provider Stress

by Eric Wicklund

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is using a telehealth platform in a trial program aimed at identifying and treating stress and burnout in healthcare professionals. The Boston-hospital hospital...

MIT Researchers Use mHealth Tools to Identify COVID-19 in a Cough

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an mHealth tool that can detect evidence of COVID-19 in one’s cough. In a study recently published in the IEEE Journal of...

New mHealth App Identifies Stroke Signs Through Speech, Facial Movements

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth app developed by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital reportedly can diagnose a stroke from a user’s speech and facial movements. James Wang, a professor of...

ChristianaCare Designs its Own Telehealth Platform for Amazon Alexa

by Eric Wicklund

A Delaware health system has customized an Amazon Alexa mHealth app to give patients personalized care management information at home. Wilmington-based ChristianaCare announced this week that the Home...

ATA Launches New Resource for Evaluating mHealth Apps

by Eric Wicklund

The American Telemedicine Association is launching a resource for curating mHealth apps. The ATA announced a partnership last week with the Organization for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA),...

Yale Studies 3 Different Telehealth, mHealth Tools for Cardiac Care

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at Yale University are launching a connected health study that will analyze three different telehealth and mHealth platforms for treating patients living with heart failure. The Yale...

Telehealth, mHealth Featured in Projects and Studies Across the Country

by Eric Wicklund

With interest high in connected health these days, health systems are scrambling to partner with vendors to test out new technologies for remote patient management and care. In North Carolina, Wake...

Brigham and Women’s Uses mHealth to Track Medication Compliance

by Eric Wicklund

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is launching an mHealth program to track medication adherence for patients who have been prescribed opioids. The Boston-based hospital’s Center for Pain...

Study Finds Underserved Communities Are Receptive to mHealth Tools

by Eric Wicklund

A good mHealth platform can influence underserved communities to manage their health and participate in clinical studies, according to a new study by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine. As...

FDA Touts mHealth Expertise With Digital Health Center of Excellence

by Eric Wicklund

The US Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the Digital Health Center of Excellence, aimed at supporting mHealth and telehealth tools. “Establishing the Digital Health Center of Excellence...

NIH Targets COVID-19 mHealth, Telehealth Projects With New Awards

by Eric Wicklund

The University of California at San Francisco and eight digital health companies are receiving almost $23 million in federal funding to develop telehealth and mHealth platforms that address the...

FDA Clears ECG App for FitBit’s Wearable Technology

by Samantha McGrail

Fitbit’s new electrocardiogram (ECG) app for assessing heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation (AFib) through the company’s latest wearable technology has been cleared for used in the US and...

Vanderbilt Study Proves Value of mHealth in Care Management, Engagement

by Eric Wicklund

A new study out of Vanderbilt University finds that mHealth messages can not only help care providers maintain engagement with chronic care patients, but maintain a high level of engagement over a...

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