By Anuja Vaidya
May 03, 2024 – This week, bills to permanently extend several pandemic-era waivers were introduced in the United States House of Representatives.
The first bill would permanently allow federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and…
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Background: Reproductive health literacy and menstrual health awareness play a crucial role in ensuring the health and well-being of women and people who menstruate. Further, awareness of one’s own menstrual cycle patterns and associated…
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Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) poses a significant maternal health challenge. The current approach to detecting PPD relies on in-person postpartum visits, which contributes to underdiagnosis. Furthermore, recognizing PPD symptoms can be challenging. Therefore, we…
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Background: The development of digital applications based on behavioral therapies to support patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) has attracted increasing attention in the field of rehabilitation. This paper presents a systematic review of research…
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Background: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have immense potential to support disease self-management for people with complex medical conditions following treatment regimens that involve taking medicine and other self-management activities. However, there is no consensus…
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Background: Wearables measuring vital parameters can be potential tools for monitoring patients at home during cancer treatment. One type of wearable is a smart t-shirt with embedded sensors. Initially, the smart t-shirts were designed…
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By Anuja Vaidya
May 01, 2024 – Telehealth-based interventions can help lower the risk of readmissions and emergency department (ED) visits after abdominal surgery, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.
The study notes that…
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced physical activity (PA) levels and increased sedentary behavior (SB), which can lead to worsening physical fitness (PF). Children and adolescents may benefit from mobile health (mHealth) apps…
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Background: Use of electronic medical record (EMR) patient portal messaging has rarely been studied in maternity care. Objective: This study aimed to estimate changes in patient portal use and intensity in prenatal care before…
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We evaluated the effectiveness of a mobile health (mHealth) intervention for diabetic kidney disease patients by conducting a 12-month randomized controlled trial among 126 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with moderately increased albuminuria (urinary…
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