Video directly observed therapy (VDOT), an mHealth platform in which patients use an app to record themselves taking medications, can improve adherence and reduce costs, according to a new study.
Novartis is launching an mHealth app on Apple's ResearchKit platform to determine whether smartphones are reliable enough for use in ophthalmology studies.
On Tuesday, Bothell, Washington-based Steth IO announced the launch of its smartphone-based digital stethoscope.
GPs will be actively involved in the delivery of the Federal Government’s My Health Record, with a new partnership designed to train doctors in the use of the national online health information repository and prepare them to answer patients’ questions.
The mHealth app, designed by researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, helps obstetric care providers identify perinatal depression in soon-to-be and new mothers and gives them care management tips.
A new survey from customer experience agency Verndale found consumers most strongly want healthcare apps to provide the ability to manage appointments. Other most desired features among all patients include providing an alert when an appointment is running late, the ability to refill prescriptions and access to medical records.
NHS Digital’s sharing of non-clinical patient information with the Home Office has been branded “entirely inappropriate” by MPs, who say they are concerned about the body’s ability to act as a reliable steward of the data.
Cedars-Sinai will be testing a digital pain-reduction kit, which includes VR glasses and mHealth wearables, to see if mobile health technology can replace opioids for people recovering from workplace injuries.
The use of Internet of Things in Healthcare is going to be revolutionary in the next years. IoT is now pretty much in everything we touch in our modern lives, technology is now a common denominator in most of everybody’s life.
At HIMSS18, Philips plans to announce several new additions to its line of connected care products. A new management system called FocusPoint will help give hospitals more visibility into the performance of their patient monitoring technology.
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