mHealth Applications

mHealth App Fails to Improve Cardiac Rehab Patients’ Physical Activity

by Anuja Vaidya

Adding an mHealth application to wearable devices used by cardiac rehabilitation patients did not improve their physical activity levels at six months post-intervention, according to a recent...

In a Maturing Digital Health Market, Players Must Adapt Their Game Plan

by Anuja Vaidya

The COVID-19 pandemic drove digital healthcare demand, funding, and innovation to never-before-seen heights. But as the pandemic evolved, so did the digital health landscape — and not all players have thrived. In fact, some have not...

Healthcare Marketplace Releases Patient Engagement Solution Suite

by Anuja Vaidya

Zocdoc, a platform enabling patients to find and book in-person or virtual appointments, is releasing a free suite of tools to help healthcare providers reach and manage patient care more...

Adults With High Heart Disease Risk Less Likely to Use mHealth Devices

by Anuja Vaidya

While 42 percent of Americans with or at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) use their smart mHealth devices to track health goals, those at higher risk of developing the disease are less likely to...

Exploring Tools for Virtual Behavioral Healthcare

by Anuja Vaidya

Though the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has been officially declared over, people worldwide are still dealing with the life-changing repercussions of the pandemic. This includes grappling with an ongoing mental health...

How Mount Sinai is Boosting the Digital Healthcare Experience

by Anuja Vaidya

With digitally enabled healthcare skyrocketing, spurred by a once-in-a-century public health emergency (PHE), healthcare providers nationwide are fortifying their digital tools. Adoption of digital tools has spiked, with a 2022 survey...

App-Based Postoperative Monitoring Improves Cancer Patient Recovery

by Mark Melchionna

A new study found that a smartphone app-based follow-up was successful in supporting the quality of recovery and patient satisfaction among oncologic patients who underwent operations for breast...

Why a New Provider Collaborative is Going All-in on Hybrid Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Though telehealth use has fallen from pandemic highs, the care modality has remained popular among healthcare providers and patients. Now, health systems are tasked with implementing virtual care alongside in-person services to support the...

Studies on mHealth Apps Often Neglect Relevant Details

by Mark Melchionna

A new study found that although mobile health (mHealth) applications are said to promote physical activity, research surrounding them often fails to account for critical factors, indicating low...

Customizable App Capabilities Did Not Enhance Musculoskeletal Care

by Mark Melchionna

New research indicated that treating the musculoskeletal health of patients with neck and low back pain did not benefit significantly from an individually tailored artificial intelligence (AI)-based...

Diabetes Patients Request Ease-of-Use Among Mobile App Features

by Mark Melchionna

A study from the Regenstrief Institute indicates that despite low smartphone application use rates among diabetes patients, many people with the condition want features that make these apps easy to...

Researchers Propose New Digital Health Assessment Framework

by Anuja Vaidya

A group of researchers has proposed a new framework to assess evidence for digital health interventions. Known as Evidence in Digital health for EFfectiveness of INterventions with Evaluative Depth...

6 Remote Patient Monitoring Companies in the News

by Anuja Vaidya

Amid the growing popularity of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services, several health systems have partnered with companies to launch programs and bring the benefits of RPM to their patients. RPM use skyrocketed during the COVID-19...

7 Projects to Develop New Digital Health Applications Gain Funding

by Mark Melchionna

The University of Utah Health (U of U Health) Digital Health Initiative (DHI) extended seed grants to seven projects that aim to develop and evaluate digital health applications.  Despite the...

New App Aims to Improve Recognition, Treatment of Child Abuse

by Mark Melchionna

A new app from Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, known as LCAST (Lurie Children’s Child Injury Plausibility Assessment Support Tool), aims to enhance the process of...

Leveraging a Digital Health App to Address Anemia, Maternal Health

by Anuja Vaidya

About eight years ago, Huiri Kim was told that she might be anemic. She then did what many people with anemia symptoms tend to do — ignore them and hope they go away. "About 3 million people in the US have anemia, but I think a lot...

RPM Partnership to Provide Personalized Treatment for COPD, Asthma

by Mark Melchionna

To support care for high-risk chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, UC Davis Heath will provide eligible patients with a Propeller Health remote patient monitoring (RPM) program that...

Over a Third of Adults Use Health Apps, Wearables in 2023, Up From 2018

by Anuja Vaidya

In 2023, about 40 percent of US adults are using healthcare-related applications, and 35 percent are using wearable healthcare devices, a new survey shows. Released by Morning Consult, the survey...

New AI-Based App Aims to Prevent Suicides Among Veterans

by Mark Melchionna

Developed through a collaboration between the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT) and SoldierStrong Foundation, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app that provides mental health...

Which Virtual Care Vendors Won Best in KLAS 2023 Awards?

by Anuja Vaidya

Elation Health, Caregility, Doximity, and Health Recovery Solutions came out on top in the 2023 Best in KLAS Software & Services awards for virtual care solutions. KLAS, a research and insights...

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