mHealth Applications

UCSF Business Accelerator Studying Digital Therapeutics, Virtual Reality

by Eric Wicklund

A business accelerator launched out of the University of California at San Francisco is studying how digital therapeutic platforms, including virtual and augmented reality, can be used to improve...

Under Armour Quietly Shelves its Consumer mHealth Wearables Platform

by Eric Wicklund

One of the early participants in the mHealth wearables movement is quietly pulling out. Under Armour, which had competed alongside the likes of Apple, Fitbit, Garmin and Withings with a connected...

mHealth App Study Notes Lack of Resources, Care Provider Support

by Eric Wicklund

Research out of Singapore suggests that many consumer-facing mHealth apps won’t help people living with Type 2 diabetes manage their health, and that care providers should be included in the...

NIH-Funded Project Combines Physical Therapists, Telehealth for In-Home Care

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at Boston University are using a $3.2 million federal grant to study how an mHealth app can help physical therapists improve care management for people living with Parkinson’s...

New mHealth Wearable Tested to Detect Graft-Versus-Host-Disease

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the University of Michigan are integrating mHealth sensors with AI tools to develop a wearable monitor that detects graft-versus-host disease. In a proof-of-concept study recently...

NY Cardiologist Sues Apple Over Smartwatch mHealth Capabilities

by Eric Wicklund

A New York cardiologist is suing Apple, saying he developed the process by which mHealth wearables like the Apple Watch can detect atrial fibrillation. According to Bloomberg, Joseph Wiesel, who...

Lowell General Hospital Turns Amazon’s Alexa Into an mHealth Coach

by Eric Wicklund

Lowell General Hospital is turning Amazon’s Alexa into an mHealth assistant for patients headed home after undergoing knee replacement surgery. The Massachusetts-based hospital is in the midst...

mHealth Tools Improve Discharge Planning for Patients and Providers

by Eric Wicklund

Hospitals and health systems are finding that mHealth tools come in quite handy for meeting the requirements of the government’s new discharge planning policy. And they may also improve outcomes...

New Gallup Survey Finds mHealth Adoption Possibly Hitting a Plateau

by Eric Wicklund

Roughly one in five Americans is now using an mHealth wearable, and that same percentage is using an mHealth app, according to a new survey from Gallup. The survey, conducted in November and involving...

FDA Unveils mHealth App to Crowdsource Elusive Disease Treatments

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have unveiled an mHealth platform that will allow healthcare providers to share ideas on treating complex infectious diseases. The CURE ID platform, unveiled this week by the US Food...

mHealth Tools Help Providers Access Data When They Most Need It

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers are finding that mHealth can help them better prepare for and treat critical care patients coming into their Emergency Department At King’s Daughters Medical Center in...

Michigan Cancer Centers to Use mHealth in Value-Based Care Project

by Eric Wicklund

Nineteen cancer care centers in Michigan will soon be using an mHealth app to capture patient-reported outcomes in an effort to develop a new Medicare reimbursement model for oncology care. The...

Veterans Now Have Access to Health Records Through Apple mHealth App

by Eric Wicklund

Millions of veterans across the US now have mHealth access to their medical records through an Apple device. The US Department of Veterans Affairs has completed its nationwide effort to enable access...

Ohio Hospital Program Taps Telehealth, mHealth Apps for Men’s Health

by Sara Heath

A new program at University Hospitals (UH) will lean on telehealth, mHealth apps, and a patient-centered design to support men’s health and access to care. Using $15 million in donations from...

Sharp HealthCare Uses Apple Health to Enrich the mHealth Experience

by Eric Wicklund

To healthcare providers, the idea of a patient accessing all of his or her medical records through one mHealth app can be both heartening and daunting. While most feel the patient should own that data,...

Oklahoma Medicaid Program Uses Telehealth to Boost Medication Management

by Eric Wicklund

Oklahoma’s Medicaid program are using telehealth to improve medication management for residents with chronic conditions. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority is partnering with San Francisco-based...

WVU Researcher Uses mHealth App to Combat Child Sex Trafficking

by Eric Wicklund

A West Virginia University researcher is using mHealth to educate school nurses and public health workers on how to identify child sex trafficking. Amie Ashcraft, director of research at WVU’s...

Fitbit Looks to Add mHealth Tools to Guide AFib Detection, Education

by Eric Wicklund

Fitbit is adding software to its mHealth wearables that will allow users to check for evidence of atrial fibrillation. The consumer-facing digital health company has announced a partnership with the...

Maryland Pharmacy School Embraces mHealth for Medication Adherence

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy will be using an mHealth platform to help care providers and their patients improve medication adherence. The Baltimore-based school is partnering with...

Canadian Researcher Creates mHealth App for Concussion Recovery

by Eric Wicklund

A Canadian researcher has developed an mHealth app that’s designed to help people begin their own recovery from a concussion. Michael Hutchison, an assistant professor at the University of...

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