Eric Wicklund

An ambitious project spearheaded by the University of Missouri is developing a home-based monitoring solution that would connect to the hospital, enabling seniors to live longer at home while being monitored by healthcare providers.

The organization is looking to spur federal action to advance telemedicine as an accepted standard of care - and clean up inconsistent reimbursement policies that act as barriers.

Tools like text messaging and native apps can give consumers an instant link to pharmacies, improve medication adherence ... and make the doctor's workflow a whole lot easier.

How one accountable care organization is using a new remote monitoring program to reduce hospital readmissions among patients with chronic conditions, improve their health management and help the system qualify for more Medicare bonus money.

Revenue cycle management companies are developing mobile apps that give providers and instant link to a patient's health plans and insurance eligibility - and enabling the patients to pay their part of the bill in the office.

From remote tracking technology to UV-zapping robots, healthcare providers are deploying a variety of mHealth solutions in the battle to eliminate infections and kill germs.

Sometimes mHealth tools help a physician and sometimes they just get in the way. Here's one doctor's take on how to figure out the workflow. And a glimpse inside his app toolbox.

So-called "spaghetti charts" of daily nurse and doctor routines can be used to improve staff scheduling and morale -- and bolster patient satisfaction scores as well.

Two innovative teams have earned recognition from Vodafone for creating cellphone-based mobile testing programs to detect cancer and other serious health concerns.

Even skeptical physicians would embrace mobile health technologies that emphasized their own workflow issues, rather than focusing strictly on patients.