Smartphones

mHealth App Utilization Did Not Improve Self-Measured Blood Pressure

by Mark Melchionna

While researching the effectiveness of various methods for reducing systolic blood pressure, a recent JAMA Network study found that an enhanced smartphone app method was not more efficient than...

Smartphone App Can Detect Skin Cancer Among Older People

by Mark Melchionna

While discovering new methods of care during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford Medicine researchers found that a smartphone app known as SkinIO is highly resourceful when detecting skin cancer among...

App Shows Potential for Improving Heart Health Among Black People

by Mark Melchionna

In a study published in the journal Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers found that a smartphone app geared toward improving heart health in Black communities could lead to noticeable benefits, such as...

NIH Grant to Fund Study on mHealth App for Anxiety, Depression

by Mark Melchionna

To manage the adverse effects of COVID-19 on mental health, researchers Michael Businelle, PhD, and Michael J. Zvolensky, PhD, created a mobile app called Easing Anxiety Sensitivity for Everyone...

Smartphone-Based Tympanometry System Can Test Ear Function

by Mark Melchionna

Pocket-sized health solutions are becoming increasingly innovative, with researchers from the University of Washington (UW) and Seattle Children's announcing their newly developed smartphone-based...

New mHealth App Aims to Support Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

by Mark Melchionna

Amid a major spike in opioid use disorder-related deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, a smartphone application developed by the University of Virginia (UVA) Health known as HOPE (Heal, Overcome,...

Smartwatch Feature Can Track COVID-19 Progression

by Mark Melchionna

As researchers examine new ways to track the progression of COVID-19, a study from the University of Michigan described how a smartwatch feature that uses heart rate data could track the symptoms of...

Rating System for Health-Related Smartphone Apps May Be Beneficial

by Mark Melchionna

A rating system can help lead clinicians to a smartphone application that can benefit certain patients by winnowing the exhaustive list of available apps down to a few for clinicians to consider,...

Illinois Health System to Offer Hospital-at-Home Care

by Mark Melchionna

Blessing Health System in Quincy, Illinois, plans on creating a hospital-at-home program that will provide acute care in the patient's home with the help of health technology company...

UNC Gets $2.8M to Study Impact of Personalized Messaging on Weight Loss

by Mark Melchionna

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded $2.8 million to the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, which will be used to examine the impact of adding personalized messaging to its weight...

79% of Patients Want Call, Text to Signal Start of Telehealth Visit

by Anuja Vaidya

Though patients have previously made their preference for virtual waiting rooms over traditional ones known, new survey results show that a majority of telehealth patients would rather just be notified...

Low Proportion of Older Adults Are Using Health Apps

by Mark Melchionna

As health monitoring technology becomes increasingly innovative, a new survey from the University of Michigan (U-M) finds that older adults who could enormously benefit from these services do not show...

31% of Older Americans Worry Telehealth Not as Effective as In-person Care

by Anuja Vaidya

Close to a third of older Americans remain concerned about the efficacy of telehealth visits as compared with in-person care, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by the Associated...

Majority of Providers, Patients Plan to Continue Using Telehealth

by Anuja Vaidya

Most U.S. providers and healthcare consumers plan to continue using telehealth in the future, which shows that the service will remain popular, according to a new report. Released by GoodRx...

California Doctors’ Group Pushes Full Coverage for Audio-Only Telehealth

by Eric Wicklund

California’s largest medical association is challenging Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to set Medicaid reimbursement for audio-only telehealth at 65 percent, saying providers should be...

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...

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...

UW Researchers Develop an mHealth Tool that Tracks Vital Signs With a Camera

by Eric Wicklund

The University of Washington and Microsoft have developed an mHealth platform that can collect vital signs using the camera on a laptop or smartphone. The technology, which analyzes video of a...

Mass. Health Systems Launch mHealth Programs to Support Preventive Health

by Eric Wicklund

Two Massachusetts health systems are launching mHealth programs aimed at helping employees prevent or manage cardiometabolic diseases and kick the habit. UMass Memorial Health Care is partnering with...

New Bill Aims to Ensure Medicare Coverage for Audio-Only Telehealth Calls

by Eric Wicklund

A new bill before Congress aims to expand Medicare coverage for audio-only phone calls in telehealth programs. The Permanency for Audio-Only Telehealth Act, introduced last week by US Reps. Jason...

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