Connected Health

MobiHealthNews highlights providers' efforts to address treating, testing and mapping the coronavirus.

From interoperability to social determinants of health, to patient engagement and experience, the interviews and topical deep-dives of our multimedia features gained a wide audience this year.

From expanding its employee health offerings to launching its first health wearable, Amazon had a busy 2020.

The tech company elaborated on its established digital health and wellness vision while improvising with the demands of an unexpected pandemic.

Researchers in a New England Journal of Medicine report found that Black patients had nearly three times the frequency of occult hypoxemia as did white ones.

With the platform, Highmark will support patients and clinicians to increase their engagement throughout the healthcare journey.

At Geisinger in Pennsylvania, a pilot program to bring care to the homes of older patients with complex healthcare needs has shown a 35% reduction in visits to the emergency department visits, a 40% drop in hospital admissions and an average annual savings of nearly $8,000 per patient.

One thing to expect will be a pent-up demand for healthcare services that patients have been putting off, says Lyft's Megan Callahan.

From their EHR workflows, clinicians will have a centralized system enabling them to order and prescribe apps, devices or other digital therapeutic tools for virtual care management.

University of California, Berkeley, medical scientists use a Bluetooth-enabled tracking watch to study ways the bond between patient and caregiver benefits the patient.