Eric Wicklund
Previous versions of the bill failed because they mandated that video visits would be reimbursed the same as in-person visits.
Siva Subramanian, senior VP of mobile products at Zynx Health, says doctors aren't keeping patents interested in their own health, so they'll have to find new ways to communicate.
According to Research Now, almost all users say apps will improve their health, but less then 20 percent of doctors are using them, and little more than a third think apps will help users live healthier lives.
No one seems to be paying attention to what seniors want or need - and that will be crucial to addressing a huge (and growing) healthcare market and getting providers to come on board.
Glooko secures new financing, including an investment from Medtronic, to push its mHealth platform further into population health.
That's the question being posed by some following Apple's launch of its ResearchKit platform. Others, however, say the open-source platform and apps will revolutionize medical research and give providers more avenues to treat their patients.
The recent partnership between Cerner and Validic pushes the needle closer to provider acceptance of patient-generated data, and may signal a whole new definition of the medical record.
A new survey from the Gary and Mary West Health Institute finds that nurses are spending too much time taking data from medical devices and entering it into other devices or the EHR.
A Brookings Institution panel points out that mHealth proved crucial in helping to contain the deadly epidemic in Africa, and can be used as a guide to other ongoing and future health projects.
Twine Health CEO and XPRIZE judge John Moore says that as providers adopt a teamwork approach patients will be able to take on new tasks previously delivered by the caregivers.