mHealth Applications

National Study to Train mHealth on College Depression, Anxiety

by Eric Wicklund

Roughly 8,000 students from 20 colleges and universities across the country will be taking part in a research study to test the effectiveness of an mHealth platform for treating clinical depression,...

Arizona MD Creates mHealth App for Pregnant Women Dealing With SUD

by Eric Wicklund

A University of Arizona physician is modifying an mHealth platform to give new and expecting mothers a digital health connection to substance abuse treatment. Maria Manriquez, MD, director of the...

New for Remote Patient Monitoring Programs: An mHealth Toilet Seat

by Eric Wicklund

The latest idea in mHealth innovation aims to improve remote patient monitoring for people with cardiac issues through the bathroom. Researchers at New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology...

FDA OKs mHealth Platform to Help Care Providers Treat Concussions

by Eric Wicklund

Federal regulators have given their approval to an mHealth platform that uses virtual reality technology to improve care management for people suffering from a concussion. The US Food and Drug...

Children’s of Alabama to Use mHealth to Help Families After Discharge

by Eric Wicklund

The nation’s third largest children’s hospital is launching an mHealth program to monitor infants with complex heart defects after they’ve been discharged. Children’s of...

FDA Goes After mHealth Devices That Claim to Replicate Mammograms

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are taking aim at the makers of mHealth devices that aim to replicate mammograms in mobile health settings. The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Total...

MD Anderson Launches mHealth Study Targeting Cancer-Related Fatigue

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is launching a clinical study to determine whether an mHealth app can improve care management and health outcomes for people living with...

mHealth Study Will Test An App’s Ability to Help Smokers Quit

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine are launching a five-year study to determine whether a personalized mHealth app can help smokers kick the habit. Backed by a $2.7 million...

Xcertia Releases New mHealth App Guidelines, Adding 3 Categories

by Eric Wicklund

Xcertia has released a new draft of proposed guidelines for mHealth apps, adding standards for operability, usability and content to its previously released guidelines for privacy and security. The...

VA Boosts Veterans’ mHealth Access With Apple Health Integration

by Eric Wicklund

America’s veterans will soon be able to access their EHR data on an iPhone - the latest in a series of mHealth and telehealth moves by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to improve...

OIG OKs Free Phones in mHealth Project Targeting Medication Adherence

by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials have given the green light to a digital health company’s plan to loan free smartphones to patients enrolled in an mHealth project tracking medication adherence. The Office of...

Oklahoma May Use Telemedicine to Improve Alzheimer’s Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

Oklahoma lawmakers are mulling a telemedicine pilot program aimed at training rural healthcare providers to treat patients living with Alzheimer’s. SB 437 would, if approved, create a Project...

mHealth Games Offer New Treatments for Kids With Autism, ADHD

by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth platform using video game technology is helping to improve attention spans in children with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring attention/deficit-hyperactivity disorder...

mHealth Study Uses Wearables, AI to Detect Internalizing Disorders

by Eric Wicklund

Healthcare providers and parents may someday be able to identify anxiety and depression in young children by tracking their activity with mHealth wearables. Researchers at the University of Vermont...

Fairview Health Launches mHealth Program for Cancer Care Management

by Eric Wicklund

Minnesota’s Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Health have launched an mHealth program for cancer patients that uses ingestible sensors and remote patient monitoring technology...

CDC Project Combines mHealth, Cash in Opioid Abuse Treatment

by Eric Wicklund

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are getting more than $2 million test whether an mHealth app combined with financial incentives can help people struggling with opioid...

Walgreens, Microsoft Announce mHealth, Telehealth Partnership

by Eric Wicklund

Microsoft is teaming up with Walgreens to create a connected health platform that includes telehealth stations, digital health tools and a “seamless ecosystem” that connects the consumer to...

UK’s NHS Makes mHealth, Telehealth a Priority in New 5-Year Plan

by Eric Wicklund

The UK’s National Health Service is looking to make telehealth and telemedicine a standard of care in five years – a policy that the organization says could save 500,000 lives. Building on...

IBM Tests mHealth Sensor That Measures Grip Strength in Fingernails

by Eric Wicklund

IBM researchers are working on an mHealth sensor that can continuously measure grip strength in a user’s hand. The wearable digital health device measures the flexibility of and deformation in a...

UAB Using $4.6M Grant to Apply Telehealth to Physical Therapy Program

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is getting a $4.6 million federal grant to integrate a telemedicine platform into a novel music-enhanced physical therapy program for people with...

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