Eric Wicklund

New CMS reimbursements for remote patient monitoring are hailed as a 'revolutionary' move toward outcomes-based healthcare. Now we need proof that clinical outcomes are improving.

Glooko's decision to synch fitness data from more than 30 popular wearable devices may pave the way for more integrations of health and wellness devices and care management platforms.

Faced with specific mHealth needs, overworked IT departments and limited funds, some clinicians are using platforms like Apple's FileMaker to design their own solutions.

Companies like Boston's QPID Health are developing tools that sit atop EMRs and other platforms and pull out information that doctors and nurses really need at the point of care.

The GOP is in charge -- of Congress, at least. And with a Democrat still in the White House, expect more wrangling over the future of healthcare in the next two years. So where will we see progress?

Rather than waiting for the big vendors to modify their legacy platforms, smaller companies are hitting the market with mHealth-specific EMRs tailored for the doctor on the go.

The head of the health system's telemedicine program worries about certain business trends that shouldn't pan out, and feels the landscape will only get clearer once the ROI is clear for doctors.

Here's an idea: Make healthcare as habit-forming with consumers as doughnuts are to Homer Simpson.

Probably not, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which found only 6 of 39 apps met all of its criteria for security.

The results of this year's elections are in, leaving Republicans grinning and Democrats frowning. They're likely to have impacts both negative and positive on funding and federal initiatives for mHealth.