Magellan Health is launching a new study to determine how mHealth games can help children with mental health concerns.
The Arizona-based managed care company’s behavioral and specialty health...
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...
The key to telehealth access for underserved populations may be the audio-only phone. And that could be a problem once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
According to a RAND study of telehealth traffic...
Researchers in Arizona are launching a global study that aims to use mHealth wearables and apps, AI bots and a telehealth platform to monitor and treat COVID-19 patients at home, thereby reducing...
As healthcare providers look to launch or expand their telehealth networks, a key ingredient to success and sustainability is a staff that knows how to use the technology.
A telehealth bill introduced...
Apple is partnering with biotech company Biogen on a new research study that will test the value of mHealth wearables in detecting early signs of cognitive impairment.
The multi-year study, to be...
A workgroup of payers, providers and others in Vermont is recommending that the state continue coverage of audio-only telehealth services beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
In a 114-page report to state...
A robust in-patient telehealth platform can save a health system millions of dollars, reduce workload stresses for care providers and, most importantly, improve care outcomes.
That’s the...
A New York hospital is developing a telehealth platform that will enable care providers to manage orthopedic patients at home through the Apple Watch.
The Hospital for Special Surgery (HHS), an...
Stanford Children's Health has launched a new chronic disease prevention virtual care program that utilizes telehealth strategies to provide comprehensive HIV-prevention services to patients up to...
A nurse-based telehealth platform is helping to reduce emergency room congestion and improve timely clinical outcomes at a Veterans Affairs health system.
In a study recently published in Emergency...
Telehealth and mHealth are pushing the healthcare ecosystem further toward value-based care, and a key ingredient in this transition is digital therapeutics.
Digital therapeutics is “something...
The US Food and Drug Administration has OK’d an innovative mHealth tool that can detect and help treat traumatic nightmares.
Called Nightware, the product consists of an mHealth app and...
The American Medical Association Foundation is donating $100,000 to a Chicago organization that uses telehealth to help underserved residents monitor hypertension.
The donation to West Side United is...
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is using a telehealth platform in a trial program aimed at identifying and treating stress and burnout in healthcare professionals.
The Boston-hospital hospital...
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing an mHealth tool that can detect evidence of COVID-19 in one’s cough.
In a study recently published in the IEEE Journal of...
A bill introduced last week in the Senate aims to establish Medicare and Medicaid coverage for telehealth programs that monitor the health of expectant mothers.
The Connected Maternal Online Mothering...
New York’s Northwell Health system will be giving several thousand Fitbits to employees as part of a telehealth study aimed at proving the value of mHealth wearables in detecting COVID-19.
The...
An mHealth app developed by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital reportedly can diagnose a stroke from a user’s speech and facial movements.
James Wang, a professor of...
A Delaware health system has customized an Amazon Alexa mHealth app to give patients personalized care management information at home.
Wilmington-based ChristianaCare announced this week that the Home...