Category: apps
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Federal research funding for mHealth is welcome news
The National Institutes of Health recently launched a substantive research effort to propel development of new mHealth tools. The effort is aimed at boosting communication between physicians, patients and providers, and improving patient self-management via new tools that will help patients stick to treatment regimens and recovery requirements. The effort is phenomenal news for several…
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The Feds Are Supporting Telemedicine
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) recently passed a model telehealth policy that promotes virtual visits for first-time encounter. This is notable for 2 reasons: first, many state medical boards liberally borrow from the federal boards, and second, this marks a shift from the old model in which patients were encouraged to see providers…
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Telemedicine can improve community’s economic health, too
Telemedicine can not only enhance healthcare delivery to key populations, but also improve the economic health of the community, but in one recent survey, only a third of respondents say their community’s broadband speed is adequate to enable services and attract new physicians. read more …read more
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Huge growth ahead for mHealth monitoring, diagnostic devices
In just six years the mHealth monitoring and diagnostic medical device segment will be a $8.03 billion market, representing an annual growth rate of 43.3 percent from 2014 through 2019, reveals a new Transparency Market Research report. read more …read more
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What’s necessary for a sustainable telehealth program?
Developing a telehealth program requires more than just hardware, software and network system capabilities and presents more than a few hurdles, from costs, to regulatory requirements to securing… read more …read more
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mHealth jewelry enables wearers to manage multiple wireless health devices
If wearing a smartwatch isn’t your thing, emerging mHealth jewelry accessories–developed by researchers at Clemson University and Dartmouth College–may prove a better fit, at least for those striving to track fitness, vital signs and other healthcare concerns. read more …read more
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New mobile apps to help manage chronic pain patients
Mobile medicine is helping chronic pain patients cope with and manage their condition thanks to new smartphone apps, which can track patients from a distance and monitor pain, mood, physical activity, drug side effects, and treatment compliance. …read more
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Group urges ONC to include mHealth in EHR incentives
From mHealth News: The Telecommunications Industry Association called on national coordinator Karen DeSalvo, MD to make sure the voluntary guidelines are flexible enough to allow for “the delivery of healthcare in motion, virtually anywhere and at any time,” in a nine-page document TIA sent to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the…
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NIH issues research, funding call for mHealth tool projects
The National Institutes of Health is seeking research grant proposals to spur development of mHealth tools that will provide effective patient-provider communications and patient self-management capabilities. read more …read more
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State highlights: Mixed reaction to new telehealth guideline; Calif. mental health grants; Conn. nurse practitioners
The Federation of State Medical Boards approved a model telehealth policy this weekend that’s made some providers of these services happy and others, well, not so much, because of its emphasis on using video rather than audio technology for a first patient visit (Conn, 4/28). …read more