Eric Wicklund
A startup is developing mobile tools that would help states and managed care plans locate -- and stay in touch with -- Medicaid patients. Early results show a leap in engaging those patients.
A partnership between Philips' new telehealth business and a hospital in the Netherlands aims to show that mHealth can significantly improve the lives of people with COPD.
Led by the co-founders of Vivametrica, the Stanford Center for Medical Mobile Technology aims to draw meaningful and useful data from consumer-facing wearable devices -- just what the doctor is waiting for.
While a broad-based coalition of groups is asking Congress to act now on FDASIA's draft recommendations, at least one mHealth expert says those recommendations aren't clear enough to be acted on yet.
The noted mHealth blogger and HIMSS mHealth Community member says sensors embedded in clothing will catch on with today's consumers, and analytics will drive future innovation.
In this Brave New World, the health insurance market must shift to a consumer-facing model, change its relationships with providers and be at the forefront of the mHealth and telehealth movement to survive in the post-ACA healthcare landscape.
The president of Mercy Virtual, soon to be based in a brand-new, telehealth-specific building near Mercy's St. Louis base, has some concerns with how mobile healthcare is being deployed for short-term benefits. But his long-term outlook is definitely rosy.
Only 1 in 4 U.S. adults tracks their fitness with a mobile device, but new research suggests doctors and payers could push that number much higher if they started supporting the technology. Should they?
A letter signed by a dozen influential groups urges a Congressional panel to make telehealth and remote patient monitoring a cornerstone of the healthcare landscape of the future.
After a week spent repairing glitches and issuing patches, company officials say their new healthcare platform is ready to go.