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Yale Center Aims to Improve Pediatrics with Immersive Technologies

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Launched after the success of the XR Pediatrics laboratory, the new Yale Center for Immersive Technologies aims to leverage extended reality (XR) and game technology to improve pediatric health...

Diabetes Patients Request Ease-of-Use Among Mobile App Features

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A study from the Regenstrief Institute indicates that despite low smartphone application use rates among diabetes patients, many people with the condition want features that make these apps easy to...

Researchers Propose New Digital Health Assessment Framework

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A group of researchers has proposed a new framework to assess evidence for digital health interventions. Known as Evidence in Digital health for EFfectiveness of INterventions with Evaluative Depth...

7 Projects to Develop New Digital Health Applications Gain Funding

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The University of Utah Health (U of U Health) Digital Health Initiative (DHI) extended seed grants to seven projects that aim to develop and evaluate digital health applications.  Despite the...

Partnership to Develop Digital Pain Management Programs

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Under a new partnership, MetroHealth System and Fern Health will begin creating digital pain management programs that are complementary to traditional pain management treatments. MetroHealth, based in...

New App Aims to Improve Recognition, Treatment of Child Abuse

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A new app from Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, known as LCAST (Lurie Children’s Child Injury Plausibility Assessment Support Tool), aims to enhance the process of...

Digital Therapeutics Provider Files for Bankruptcy, Cuts 92% of Workforce

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Digital therapeutics pioneer Pear Therapeutics has filed for bankruptcy, noting plans to sell the business or its assets. Founded in 2013, the company provides software-based prescription therapeutics...

Partnership to Support Healthcare Access for Black Mothers Through App

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A partnership between UnitedHealth Group and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) aims to address maternal health disparities by leveraging a mobile app to assist Black mothers struggling to obtain...

Over a Third of Adults Use Health Apps, Wearables in 2023, Up From 2018

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In 2023, about 40 percent of US adults are using healthcare-related applications, and 35 percent are using wearable healthcare devices, a new survey shows. Released by Morning Consult, the survey...

New AI-Based App Aims to Prevent Suicides Among Veterans

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Developed through a collaboration between the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (USC ICT) and SoldierStrong Foundation, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app that provides mental health...

Smartphone App Can Support Stroke Symptom Detection

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Research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2023 in early February described a smartphone application called FAST.AI that uses machine-learning...

CA Medicaid Members Gain Access to Digital Chronic Care Program

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Aiming to improve treatment for patients with chronic care needs, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan added Wellvolution to its offerings for Medi-Cal members, providing them with access to...

Michigan to Offer Pregnancy App to Medicaid Beneficiaries

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To support residents through pregnancy and in the postpartum period, the state of Michigan is providing Medicaid-eligible families with access to the Philips Pregnancy+ mobile application. The...

New mHealth Intervention Aims to Curb Smoking Among Black HIV Patients

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Following a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Lorra Garey, a researcher from the University of Houston RESTORE Lab, plans to lead a research project to assess the impact of...

Smartphone Intervention Did Not Lower Relapse Risk for Bipolar Disorder

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Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that a smartphone-based self-management intervention for bipolar disorder patients did not significantly improve the time to relapse but did decrease...

Researchers Create mHealth Technology to Track Sleep Apnea Treatment Progress

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Researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine and Northwestern University have developed an mHealth application tool to track individualized patient needs, engagement in continuous positive...

Cancer Center to Use mHealth App to Support Timely Access to Care

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Following the receipt of the Navigation Capacity-Building Initiative Grant from the American Cancer Society, Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio aims to support equitable and timely care for...

Women With Preeclampsia Can Benefit From Targeted App-Based Intervention

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A recent study published in BMC Women’s Health found that for app-based cardiovascular health interventions for women with severe preeclampsia to be well-received and successful, they should...

Partnership Aims to Enhance Patient Access to Digital Therapeutics

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In collaboration with Orexo US, Trinity Health will offer two digital therapeutics for those battling depression and alcoholism in an effort to improve patient access to these treatments.   As a...

mHealth App Utilization Did Not Improve Self-Measured Blood Pressure

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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...

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