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In mobile health, follow the money, not the hype

By Neil Versel 09:58 am March 28, 2012

A recent article in the Baltimore Sun about a series of mobile health studies underway at Johns Hopkins University referenced a person familiar to many a MobiHealthNews reader: Susannah Fox, the healthcare research guru at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. According to Fox, about 10 percent of U.S. adults who have cell phones – and nearly every adult in the country has one these days...

Mental health screening app benefits from CMS payment decision

By Neil Versel 03:49 am March 27, 2012

A recent decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to start covering preventive screening for depression and alcohol abuse is paving the way for wider use of a mobile app that helps primary care physicians find signs of mental illness that might otherwise be missed. As part of healthcare reform efforts, CMS said in October that it would pay for annual screenings for both...