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mHealth apps have been shown to increase patient participation in clinical trials, yet many life science organizations have been reluctant to adopt them. This reluctance persists, despite a survey showing...
“Digiceuticals” Are Gaining Steam For several months now, the FDA has been approving mHealth apps (also known as digital therapeutics or “digiceuticals”) to treat everything from diabetes to substance abuse....
Increasingly, mHealth is being recognized as a powerful source of the necessary individual data to support large scale population health initiatives. One example of how mHealth data is being used...
As has long been rumored, 12 national health systems, including Cedars-Sinai Health in Los Angeles, Geisinger Health System and Dignity Health, have been working with Apple to establish a way...
This year’s flu season has been particularly bad, with the CDC officially stating that it has reached “epidemic” levels. Unfortunately, as has been widely reported, this year’s flu shot was...
Recently NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital announced that it will be partnering with Walgreens to offer virtual health services in select Walgreens. The services will be provided via the Walgreens website and at...
As virtual health has continued to gain traction the market and become increasingly a mainstream modality of care delivery, many have pointed toward Mississippi as an example of how virtual...
As virtual health technologies continue to proliferate, the fragmented nature of the data they generate presents an ever growing challenge. In particular, how best to aggregate and store data accessibly...
Despite significant progress in regards to virtual health reimbursement, substantial improvements remain necessary. According to a recent study by the Center for Connected Health Policy, current private parity laws give...
AliveCor recently released the results of several studies of their smartphone enabled ECG, Kardia Mobile. The studies demonstrated the technologies’ capabilities to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib). One of the studies,...
While efforts to make changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have been loud, direct and headline grabbing, the potential reversal of net neutrality policy has proven...
Sg2 Consultant Kelly Chen, RN, contributed to the content of this article. Navigating virtual health reimbursement can be difficult. Reimbursement varies depending on the payer, state, practicing clinician, geographical location...
