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How Wearables Can Enhance Cardiac Care, Boost Patient Engagement

October 25, 2022 - The past decade has seen a massive spike in the development and use of wearable technology in healthcare. While the technology offers several benefits, including a wealth of data collected outside the doctor's office, implementing it effectively into clinical care can be challenging. In a survey this year that polled more than 2,000 Americans, about 41 percent said they owned a...

Key Elements of Top Mobile Patient Portal Apps

February 14, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

With the advent of online retail and e-banking, consumers have become accustomed to using their computers and phones to perform a wide range of tasks. This increase in mobile use provided two critical opportunities for healthcare: improve...

Why Stanford Wants to Make CGM a Standard of Care for Diabetic Kids

January 11, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

With interest in remote patient monitoring skyrocketing, providers are exploring the various uses of this technology for different conditions. One arena where it could be a game-changer? Management of type 1 diabetes among children. In...

Draft Guidelines Introduced to Protect Consumer Data on mHealth Platforms

August 27, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

Two digital health organizations have joined forces to develop guidelines to protect health information gathered by consumer-facing mHealth devices. The Draft Consumer Privacy Framework for Health...

Scripps Researchers Use mHealth Wearables to Track Flu Outbreaks

January 17, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

Researchers have found a way to use mHealth wearables to tackle population health concerns. Led by digital health expert Eric Topol, MD, researchers at the Scripps Research Translational Institute...

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

November 11, 2019 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...