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Digital Health Strategies Reduce High BP Among Underserved Groups

February 23, 2024 - Digital health interventions drove improvements in blood pressure (BP) among hypertension patients experiencing health disparities, according to new research. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study examined the impact of digital health interventions on changes in BP among vulnerable populations with hypertension. According to the Centers for...


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Evernorth Adds Asynchronous Telehealth Options to MDLIVE

by Anuja Vaidya

Cigna’s pharmacy, care, and benefits solution division Evernorth Health Services is acquiring Bright.md, adding asynchronous telehealth, triage, and care navigation services to its MDLIVE virtual...

Amazon Launches Messaging-Based Virtual Care Service

by Anuja Vaidya

A few months after announcing plans to shutter its telehealth business, Amazon has launched a new virtual care clinic. Called Amazon Clinic, the message-based service is currently available in 32...

Supreme Court Ruling May Help Providers With mHealth Messaging Strategies

by Eric Wicklund

A recent Supreme Court ruling gives healthcare providers a little more freedom to send automated text messages to patients. The court earlier this month sided with Facebook in a case involving the...

For Senior Facilities, an mHealth Platform is a Good First Step to Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

For senior living facilities eyeing telehealth to improve care and staff workloads, an mHealth messaging platform may be the best place to start. CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior...

Joint Commission Clarifies Text Messaging Rules for Doctors

by Eric Wicklund

The Joint Commission is clarifying its guidance on text messaging for providers, saying clinicians can use a HIPAA-compliant platform to send messages to each other but can’t text patient...

For mHealth Messaging, That Pager Isn’t as Secure As You Might Think

by Eric Wicklund

Smartphones and secure messaging apps may be gaining favor in health systems these days, but many providers still use good old-fashioned pagers for emergency communications. And that may be putting...

Text Messaging Program Offers an mHealth Nudge to Busy Parents

by Eric Wicklund

A text messaging program is boosting engagement for a Minnesota health system’s youngest patients simply by reminding their parents to schedule well-child visits. More than 70 percent of the...

5 Keys to a Secure mHealth Messaging Platform

by Eric Wicklund

A new survey finds that health systems can follow all the rules for protecting patient data in mHealth messaging platforms, but that won’t work if their employees have a cavalier attitude toward...

Secure Text Messaging Study Shows Clinical Benefits

by Eric Wicklund

Two Pennsylvania hospitals have found that care teams using a secure text-messaging program can reduce their patients’ length of stay. A study of some 11,500 patients at Hospital of the...

Mobile Health Applications, Health IT Boosts Communication

by Vera Gruessner

One of the most interesting aspects of the mobile health sphere is its ability to promote communication across the healthcare sector from physician groups, laboratories, pharmacies, and patients...

Effect of SMS, Mobile Health Technology on Patient Adherence

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Of all the forms of mobile health technology used to promote adherence of patients to chronic disease management (mAdherence), text messaging continues to exceed on others in terms of its availability,...

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