A Michigan hospital is using mHealth sensors attached to a patient’s bed to remotely monitor vital signs, and executives see a future for the telehealth platform that goes beyond the success...
As healthcare providers launch telehealth programs to improve critical care management and coordination, they’re seeing value far beyond the ICU.
Indeed, as the coronavirus pandemic taxes...
Federal officials are adding almost $200 million to a fund designed to help rural healthcare providers expand their broadband resources, giving them more opportunities to improve the reach of their...
The Federal Communications Commission has stopped accepting applications for its COVID-19 Telehealth Program, and expects to use up the $200 million fund in July
The news came alongside a report...
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a handful of bills aimed at expanding telehealth in the state, giving providers more Medicaid coverage and the leeway to use remote patient...
Federal regulators are moving to permanently expand telehealth coverage for home health care services.
In a June 25 notice, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services unveiled a proposed rule to...
A Chicago health system is launching a telehealth service that will use mHealth wearables to monitor front-line employees and high-risk patients for early indications of COVID-19.
The University of...
As the healthcare industry looks to mHealth to improve both the doctor and patient experience, chatbots just might be the tool that meets everyone’s needs.
Also known as conversational agents,...
People living with a chronic condition want telehealth and mHealth tools to help manage their health at home, as long as those tools are coming from their doctor.
That conclusion, from a survey...
New York has approved Medicaid and CHIP coverage for audio-only and video-only telehealth services, giving providers more opportunities to connect with patients for care.
New York Governor Andrew...
Veterans used telehealth to access care more than 120,000 times a week during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
That’s more than a 1,000...
Federal regulators have signaled their support for a pair of mHealth platforms that use digital therapeutic tools to improve chronic care management.
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted...
The Federal Communications Commission is clearing a path for telehealth providers to use “Broadcast Internet” spectrum, giving them more opportunities to expand their reach.
In a...
An mHealth group has unveiled a step-count algorithm designed to make it easier for healthcare providers and researchers to use telehealth platforms that incorporate wearables.
This is the first...
An mHealth data company is working to develop software that would enable providers to identify people with COVID-19 symptoms through remote patient monitoring platforms.
California-based Evidation...
Some Colorado lawmakers have introduced a bill to continue payer coverage for telehealth services beyond the current coronavirus emergency.
Senate Bill 212, introduced this week, would prohibit...
Five large health systems are among the 53 providers included in the Federal Communications Commission’s eight round of COVID-19 Telehealth Program grants.
Drawing from a $200 billion fund...
A team of stroke experts has published new guidelines calling for the increased use of telemedicine during triage and transport to improve patient care and outcomes.
Writing in the American Heart...
A group of Senators is throwing their support behind efforts to invest $2 billion into broadband expansion in rural areas to expand telehealth adoption where it’s most needed.
The group this...
Researchers at Purdue University are developing an mHealth app that can assess a patient’s blood hemoglobin levels through an image of the eyelid.
As explained in a recent post in The Optical...
