A study published in Scientific Reports described how an mHealth wearable device can recognize movements such as neck strain and whiplash and use that information to predict concussion risk in contact...
Though most rural and non-rural healthcare professionals believe remote patient monitoring (RPM) might benefit patients, only about half are interested in using it, according to a new report released...
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...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the StrivePD Ecosystem for Parkinson’s disease monitoring through the Apple Watch.
Developed by San Francisco-based Rune...
Apple will add several new features to its smartwatch, including atrial fibrillation (AFib) history recording and medication tracking capabilities.
The new Apple Watch operating system, watchOS 9,...
A study published in npj Digital Medicine found that a remote patient monitoring (RPM) method, called the Parkinson’s Disease Virtual Motor Exam (PD-VME), that involves the use of a wearable...
About one in five patients who receive care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) said they currently have a fitness tracker, and more than half of those who don't have a tracker want one,...
Wearable sensors, like smartwatches and fitness bands, can provide information regarding physiological and immune responses to the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a study published in npj Digital...
Though a vast majority of healthcare consumers (86 percent) said that wearable devices improved their health and quality of life, 20 percent said that their device is hard to use, according to a new...
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University have collaborated to create a wireless sensor designed to prevent opioid relapses and...
Renown Health has entered into a collaboration with remote patient monitoring provider BioIntelliSense to enhance in-hospital and at-home care.
The Reno, Nevada-based nonprofit health system, which...
According to researchers from the University of Michigan Health, wearable health devices such as the Apple Watch can give physicians access to meaningful data that can provide a complete picture of an...
Fitbit is awarding mHealth wearables and services to six research projects that aim to address the social determinants of health.
The company, one of the largest in the direct-to-consumer space, has...
The federal government is seeking comments on issues related to spectrum for the Internet of Things, including broadband connectivity needed for remote patient monitoring and telehealth programs and...
Researchers are developing an mHealth wearable that might someday take the sting out of vaccine shots and make them more effective as well.
Teams from Stanford University and the University of North...
Mount Sinai researchers used wearable devices to monitor physiological effects in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and found that high resilience and emotional support are linked to a...
A professor at the University of Houston has received a $3.7 million BRAIN initiative grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to further his research and medical device...
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that using mHealth wearable devices such as smartwatches can increase healthcare use in patients diagnosed with...
Three health systems are joining a federally-funded project aimed at developing an mHealth platform that can continuously track COVID-19 patients at home and notify care providers the moment their...
The mHealth wearables industry has long been focused on activity bands and watches, even jewelry and smartglasses. Often overlooked is the concept of sensor-embedded clothing, but that form factor is...
