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Rhode Island Hospital Tests mHealth Wearable to Track Eating Habits

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A Rhode Island hospital is launching a pilot program to determine whether an mHealth wearable can help users lose weight. Researchers the The Miriam Hospital, part of the Lifespan Health System, will...

New mHealth Wearable Tested to Detect Graft-Versus-Host-Disease

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Researchers at the University of Michigan are integrating mHealth sensors with AI tools to develop a wearable monitor that detects graft-versus-host disease. In a proof-of-concept study recently...

Fitbit Deal Gives Georgia’s Medicaid Population Access to mHealth

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Fitbit is partnering with its first Medicaid provider in an effort to improve mHealth adoption in a population sorely in need of connected health resources. Beginning with the new year, some 4,000...

Lowell General Hospital Turns Amazon’s Alexa Into an mHealth Coach

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Lowell General Hospital is turning Amazon’s Alexa into an mHealth assistant for patients headed home after undergoing knee replacement surgery. The Massachusetts-based hospital is in the midst...

Payers Are Using mHealth, Telehealth to Promote Better Health Outcomes

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mHealth and telehealth are enabling payers to give their members and care providers the information they need to make better decisions and provide better care. But it’s not just about giving...

Can Telehealth Improve Access to Eye Care in Underserved Populations?

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Researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham will be using a $3.5 million federal grant to study how telehealth can be used to improve diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases in rural and...

Apple Heart Study Finds Value in Using mHealth Wearables to Detect AFib

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The largest-ever study of a consumer-facing mHealth wearable finds that the Apple Watch can be used by clinicians to detect atrial fibrillation. But the question remains: Will care providers trust...

mHealth Researchers Look to Make the Selfie a Health Resource

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mHealth researchers are working on a digital health tool that will allow care providers to determine a patient’s blood pressure through a selfie. While still very early in development, the...

FDA Approves mHealth Wearable for Tracking Epileptic Seizures

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an mHealth wearable that can detect epileptic seizures and immediately alert care team members. The Embrace smart device, developed by Cambridge,...

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