What You Should Know: - Sharecare announced the acquisition of Boston-based MindSciences, an evidence-based behavior change suite of apps focused on mental health (anxiety, stress management), smoking cessation, and weight loss/binge eating, and more. - The acquisition rounds out Sharecare’s portfolio of mHealth-based therapeutic programs improving chronic disease risk and overall health outcomes by targeting varying aspects of well-being. - Based on the work of Dr. Judson Brewer, now
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UnitedHealth Group, Microsoft Launches Free App That Screens Employees for COVID-19 Symptoms
What You Should Know: UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft team up to launch ProtectWell, a return to workplace protocol that includes a free smartphone app that screens for COVID-19 symptoms and clears employees for daily work. Backed by CDC guidelines and the latest clinical science, ProtectWell provides employers a return-to-workplace framework to support the health and safety of the workforce and workplace. UnitedHealth Group and Microsoft Corp. have joined forces to launch
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Ginger Acquires Technology Assets of Mental Health App LiveBetter
What You Need to Know: - Ginger has acquired the technology assets of LiveBetter, a company that brings free mental health and well-being support to anyone through a highly engaging, conversational app. - LiveBetter reaches over 10,000 users and continues to reach more individuals every day - young adults, the unemployed, new parents, and the homeless. Ginger, on-demand access to behavioral health coaching, video therapy, video psychiatry, and self-guided content has acquired the
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Fitbit, FibriCheck Expand Partnership to Deliver CE-Marked Heart Health Detection App in Europe
- Fitbit and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to enable users in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain to monitor their heart rhythm for irregularities, such as Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), directly from their Fitbit smartwatch. - The partnership was first announced in September 2019, when the FibriCheck app was made available to Fitbit smartwatch users in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Since the app launched on Fitbit OS, more than 150,000 heart rhythm measurements have
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Welldoc, Redox Partner for Bidrectional EHR Integration with BlueStar App
- Welldoc and Redox announce a partnership to ensure bidirectional integration with EHR with Welldoc's digital health solution for diabetes management, BlueStar. - This partnership will allow providers to receive and review insights about users of Welldoc's BlueStar digital health app for diabetes management directly within their EHR at the point of care. Welldoc, a digital health company revolutionizing chronic disease management, announced today its strategic partnership
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Taxi App Curb Integrates with Ride Health’s Patient Transportation Platform
- Curb and Ride Health partner to coordinate smarter transportation for every patient need, to power non-emergency medical transportation via licensed taxis. - Uber and Lyft provide healthcare organizations with patient transportation services, but hospitals and health plans will soon be able to tap licensed taxis across the country to transport patients to and from medical appointments. Curb, a New-York City-based leading mobility platform for licensed taxi and for-hire rides in North
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Sharecare Integrates App-Based Tobacco Cessation Program into Digital Health Platform
- Sharecare integrates MindSciences’ mindfulness-based smoking cessation program called Craving to Quit into their digital health platform. - The Craving to Quit program targets the neurological function that enables habit formation to instead lead the user to curb tobacco use. Sharecare, the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place, and MindSciences, the leader in evidence-based behavior change apps, today announced a partnership to
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Wellin5 Acquires Mental Health Journaling and Tracking App Therachat
- Wellin5 acquires Therachat, a HIPAA-compliant smart journaling tool that keeps clients engaged in-between therapy sessions for an undisclosed term. - The acquisition supports Wellin5’s long-term strategy of expansion into the United States telehatlh market. Wellin5, an innovative online telehealth counseling platform, today announced its acquisition of Therachat, a San Francisco, CA-based mental health platform designed to help therapists, psychologists, and mental health
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Eisai Launches First Amazon Alexa Skill to Bring Solace & Support to Children with Epilepsy
- Eisai Inc. launches Ella the Jellyfish, the first Amazon Alexa skill designed for those affected by Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), a rare and severe form of childhood-onset epilepsy. - LGS can be characterized by frequent and unpredictable seizures, limited speech and mobility, cognitive impairment, and developmental delays.- Available free of charge, , this unbranded Alexa skill provides comfort to children, families and caregivers through song, storytelling, meditation, and interactive
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Scanwell Health Launches Smartphone-Enabled At-Home Test & Treatment for UTIs, Raises $3.5M
- Scanwell Health announces the nationwide launch of smartphone-enabled test and treatment service for urinary tract infections via partnership with Lemonaid Health. - Company also announces $3.5 million in seed financing from investors including Founders Fund, Mayfield, DCM, Version One, Y Combinator, and Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 Ventures.Scanwell Health, a Los Angeles, CA-based modern diagnostics company dedicated to making healthcare more convenient and accessible, announced that its at-home
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