Engineers at the University of Waterloo recently developed a durable, flexible sensor for mHealth wearable devices to monitor everything from vital signs to athletic performance.
Researchers...
An mHealth program offering counseling to veterans in the workforce can help reduce symptoms of depression while improving workplace productivity, according to researchers at Boston’s Tufts...
Federal officials have proposed easing restrictions on the use of mHealth in substance abuse programs – but the changes aren’t what everyone has been expecting.
Under a notice of proposed...
A new mHealth partnership will give Amazon Alexa users detailed information on the drugs they’re taking, adding a new dimension of care management to digital health assistants.
Amazon announced...
Researchers from three US universities have launched a federally funded project to create a bandage with mHealth sensors that could help serious wounds heal faster and more effectively.
With as much...
A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Department of Agriculture to amend a two-year-old broadband funding program to give rural states more opportunities to improve their telehealth...
Federal officials are offering grants to rural healthcare providers looking to use telehealth to improve emergency services, such as stroke, behavioral health or EMS care.
The Department of Health and...
Apple is partnering with Johnson & Johnson on a new mHealth study to determine whether the Apple Watch and an accompanying app can help reduce the risk of stroke in older Americans.
The Heartline...
A Duke University study has found that a digital therapeutic platform using video gaming techniques helped improve attention spans in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
Minnesota’s only pediatric hospital is launching a telehealth program to extend neonatal care to six hospitals across the state.
Children’s Minnesota, the seventh largest pediatric health...
A California legislator has introduced a bill that aims to create a pediatric telehealth network to give children across the state better access to mental and behavioral healthcare.
AB 2464,...
Healthcare providers and payers in eight states and the District of Columbia will soon be able to prescribe VR therapy through a telehealth clinic, giving patients an opportunity to use the digital...
Researchers at Texas A&M University are piloting an mHealth wearable platform designed to alert the user to symptoms of stress and anxiety and provide links to resources.
Led by Farzan Sasangohar,...
Researchers at UCLA are using telehealth to give parents of children with developmental disorders insight into new techniques to improve social skills.
In a year-long pilot program, the researchers...
A new partnership between a telehealth provider and a healthcare staffing company aims to extend the reach of urology specialty care to underserved parts of the country.
Ohio-based PercuVision is...
A Massachusetts-based partnership aims to create a common workplace for healthcare providers and researchers using mHealth sensors in wearables and other devices.
The Open Wearables Initiative...
Maryland lawmakers are gearing up for a battle over telehealth.
In response to a rule passed last July by the Maryland Board of Physicians that limits first-time telehealth use with new patients to...
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University is expanding its remote patient monitoring program following the successful test of a telemedicine tablet that enabled care...
An Oklahoma judge will not suspend a state law that bans the use of telemedicine in medical abortions, keeping the 2012 law in place as telehealth advocates sue to overturn it.
Oklahoma County...
A telehealth platform offering substance abuse treatment to pregnant women is just as effective as in-person care, according to a recent study.
In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers at...
