mHealth Strategies

Federal Funding for Emergency Home Visits for Families Includes Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

The federal government is releasing $40 million in pandemic relief funding to support emergency home visits for underserved families, and is expanding the service to include telehealth. The Health and...

Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic to Expand Home-Based Connected Health Program

by Eric Wicklund

Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic are planning to expand a relatively new care model that combines telehealth, mHealth and in-person visits to treat acute care patients in their own homes rather...

Vendor Survey IDs Challenges for Remote Patient Monitoring Programs

by Eric Wicklund

A vendor-initiated study on remote patient monitoring programs that address patients with cardiac disease finds that many are missing out on important clinical and financial benefits. Conducted by RPM...

Chekhov and a Checkup: Delaware Libraries Introduce Telehealth Kiosks

by Eric Wicklund

Three libraries in Delaware have recently installed telehealth kiosks, part of an innovative project aimed at improving access to community health resources. The libraries, in Seaford, Milford and...

New Study Shows mHealth Games Help Children With Autism - And Their Parents

by Eric Wicklund

A recent pilot program has found that an mHealth game platform tailored for children with Autism not only improves behavioral health outcomes – it also reduces stress in parents. The...

WVU Researchers Try to Determine How Much Telehealth is Enough

by Eric Wicklund

With telehealth use skyrocketing over the past year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic, some have wondered if there’s a limit to its effectiveness. Is there a certain number of virtual...

AdventHealth Expands Walt Disney World Partnership to Include Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth is coming to the Magic Kingdom. AdventHealth has announced the expansion of a 20-year partnership with Walt Disney World to include connected health services at the Florida theme park. This...

CTA, ACC Partner on mHealth, Telehealth Standards in Cardiovascular Care

by Eric Wicklund

The American College of Cardiology is partnering with the Consumer Technology Association to help providers get a handle on the fast-growing field of mHealth and telehealth devices for cardiovascular...

Washington State Passes Legislation Supporting Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Washington Governor Jay Inslee has signed legislation requiring payers to cover certain audio-only telehealth services. The passage of HB 1196 puts the state at the forefront of debate over whether a...

Providers Adapt to Telehealth to Identify Signs of Child Abuse and Neglect

by Eric Wicklund

While telehealth has helped providers with care delivery during the coronavirus pandemic, it has also created challenges for those who’d always focused on in-person treatment. This includes...

Arizona’s New Telehealth Law Supports Audio-Only Platforms, License Portability

by Eric Wicklund

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has signed legislation that greatly expands telehealth coverage in the state, including allowing audio-only telehealth services in certain circumstances and permitting...

Ochsner Launches Telehealth Service For Stressed Teachers, Support Staff

by Eric Wicklund

Ochsner Health is partnering with the Louisiana Department of Education to launch a telehealth platform to help teachers and support staff access mental health services. The New Orleans-based health...

Warner Again Presses DEA to Let Providers Prescribe via Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Virginia Senator Mark Warner is once again urging the federal government to fulfill a long-delayed plan to allow healthcare providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth. In a letter...

Veterinarians, SPCA Sue California For Freedom to Use Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

Veterinarians are suing the state of California for the right to use telehealth. A federal lawsuit has been filed this week by several veterinarians and the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of...

New mHealth Study Takes on Health Outcomes Among the Homeless

by Eric Wicklund

A new study being launched out of the University of Texas aims to see whether mHealth can improve healthcare access and outcomes for homeless people. Funded by a grant from the Health and Human...

Another Benefit for Telehealth: It’s Good for the Environment

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth is often marketed for its benefits to the patient and clinician, but what about its effect on the environment? One health system analyzed the impact that its connected health platform has...

AHIMA Launches mHealth Resource, Assessment Tool for Vendors

by Eric Wicklund

The American Health Information Management Association is jumping on the mHealth bandwagon with a resource site and assessment standards for digital health companies. Working with Moxe, a clinical...

The CONNECT Act is Back, Giving Telehealth Policy a 4th Shot at Passage

by Eric Wicklund

Will the fourth time be the charm for the CONNECT for Health Act? The massive telehealth bill – officially known as the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies...

Is Telehealth More Stressful for Nurses Than In-Person Care?

by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth is often touted as a method for improving workloads and reducing stress on healthcare providers. But a recent study is questioning whether those services actually put more pressure on...

Montana Governor Expands Telehealth Coverage, But Not For Abortions

by Eric Wicklund

Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed legislation that permanently expands coverage of and access to telehealth beyond the coronavirus pandemic. HB 43, which was approved by both chambers of the...

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