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FDA OKs mHealth App, Platform for Detecting Traumatic Nightmares

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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...

AMA Foundation Supports Telehealth Initiative in Chicago’s West Side

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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...

Fitbit Launches COVID-19 mHealth Study With US Army, Northwell Health

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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...

Study Gives High Marks to Telehealth in Managing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

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A telehealth platform that enables providers to remotely monitor diabetic foot ulcers of patients at home helped eliminate major amputations and halve hospital admissions, according to a recent study...

Yale Studies 3 Different Telehealth, mHealth Tools for Cardiac Care

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Researchers at Yale University are launching a connected health study that will analyze three different telehealth and mHealth platforms for treating patients living with heart failure. The Yale...

Telehealth, mHealth Featured in Projects and Studies Across the Country

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With interest high in connected health these days, health systems are scrambling to partner with vendors to test out new technologies for remote patient management and care. In North Carolina, Wake...

FDA Touts mHealth Expertise With Digital Health Center of Excellence

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The US Food and Drug Administration has unveiled the Digital Health Center of Excellence, aimed at supporting mHealth and telehealth tools. “Establishing the Digital Health Center of Excellence...

Philips, Defense Department Expand mHealth Project for Infection Tracking

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The Department of Defense is working with Philips to create a telehealth platform that would remotely monitor service members for infectious diseases, including the coronavirus. Officials say the...

NIH Targets COVID-19 mHealth, Telehealth Projects With New Awards

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The University of California at San Francisco and eight digital health companies are receiving almost $23 million in federal funding to develop telehealth and mHealth platforms that address the...

Centene, Samsung Partnership Gives FQHCs More Telehealth Tools

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Two tech giants are joining forces to equip federally qualified health centers with telehealth tools to help them reach underserved populations. Centene and Samsung have announced a partnership to...

Senators Press VA to Expand Telehealth Coverage for Vets’ Families

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 A group of Senators is calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand telehealth coverage for veterans’ families during the coronavirus pandemic to include telephone calls and text...

Purdue Researchers Use an mHealth Wearable to Improve Wound Care

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Engineers at Purdue University have developed an mHealth wearable that uses ozone to improve wound care at home. The connected health platform consists of a disposable, gas-permeable patch that covers...

CMS Eyes Expanded Coverage for Innovative Telemedicine Devices

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Federal officials are proposing to expand Medicare coverage for new telemedicine and mHealth technologies classified as “breakthrough medical devices.” The Centers for Medicare &...

Texas Hospital Using mHealth Wearables to Monitor Cardiac Patients at Home

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A Texas hospital is launching a telehealth program that will use mHealth wearables to improve care management for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. The Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute...

Draft Guidelines Introduced to Protect Consumer Data on mHealth Platforms

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Two digital health organizations have joined forces to develop guidelines to protect health information gathered by consumer-facing mHealth devices. The Draft Consumer Privacy Framework for Health...

Fitbit Study Uses mHealth Wearables to Detect COVID-19 Symptoms

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Early results from a study launched in May by Fitbit indicate mHealth wearables can help providers identify people infected with the coronavirus – often before symptoms are evident. According to...

Telehealth Kiosks Give Homeless Veterans a Link to Healthcare, Other Services

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A non-profit that targets veteran homelessness is using telehealth to expand access to mental health and other services. Soldier On, which was launched in 1994 in Pittsfield, MA and now serves...

Researchers Use mHealth to Track, Assess Parkinson’s Movements

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mHealth researchers are reporting that wearables combined with an AI platform can help healthcare providers track the severity of Parkinson’s disease. As reported in a recent issue of Nature, a...

UCLA, Apple to Use mHealth, Telehealth Tools to Tackle Depression

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UCLA is launching a three-year study, using telehealth and mHealth tools, that aims to give healthcare providers a better handle on how to diagnose and treat depression. Researchers at the university,...

NorthShore UHS Plans Telehealth Program to Monitor Discharged Patients

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The NorthShore University HealthSystem is launching a telehealth program to track certain patients during and after the transition from hospital to home. The Chicago-based health systems is partnering...

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