The sensitive information is used for targeted ads, often touting unproven treatments. Chris McQueen finished treatment for leukemia a year and a half ago, but the ads for fake cures never stopped. This story also ran on The Washington Post.
UNC Pembroke Chancellor Robin Gary Cummings, center, participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside university leaders at the Brave Health Center, where medical eye care and telepsychiatry services will soon be offered. Dr. Elizabeth Wyles, associate dean of UNC Pembroke’s College…
Connections gives patients of Ria Health's telehealth alcohol treatment program, in all 50 states, the round-the-clock peer support and digital engagement Ria Health's care is fully virtual: medical care, coaching and medication support delivered from home, with goals that range from…
A survey of 183 spine clinic patients found 61 percent comfortable sharing smartphone biometric data but only 38 percent willing to participate in digital phenotyping, with privacy the leading concern.
As countries around the globe enforce social distancing and self-isolation to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth is emerging as a critical tool to connect physicians and other healthcare professionals with patients dealing with chronic cardiovascular conditions. Some institutions have been…
Dianne Williams said she lost weight and lowered her blood pressure thanks to quarterly doctor appointments, monthly phone calls with a nurse, and a blood pressure cuff she uses at home that transmits data to her care team. “It’s good…
StarLineArts/istock via getty im Amid the steep rise in remote patient monitoring in recent years, a new federal report highlights concerns about the appropriate use of the services and the potential for fraud. The U.S. Department of Health and Human…
Ayush Jain, CEO & Founder, Mindbowser Inc. Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become synonymous with the future of care, promising fewer hospital visits, earlier interventions and better outcomes. But what does it actually cost to turn continuous patient data into better…
Hospitals and clinics in Austria are gearing up to replace emails and phone calls with an end-to-end encrypted instant messaging service that promises to speed up communications between medical professionals and reduce the time it takes to make clinical decisions.
A retrospective claims-based cohort study found that adults with type 2 diabetes or obesity receiving carbohydrate-reduced telemedicine nutrition had significantly lower rates of major cardiovascular events, new-onset cardiovascular disease, and hypertension compared with matched usual-care controls.
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