Thanks to COVID-19 and numerous other factors, the adoption of digital health technologies used by patients in the home has skyrocketed. Accenture reported in 2021, for example, that remote patient monitoring technology adoption tripled among patients. Whether it is streaming video telehealth appointments with a provider, a remote patient monitoring platform, or a prescribed digital therapeutic to manage a chronic condition, the emphasis must be on the patient and caregiver
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BrightInsight Launches Digital Disease Management Solution for Biopharma
What You Should Know:
- BrightInsight, Inc., provider of the leading global platform for biopharma and medtech regulated digital health solutions launches its Disease Management Solution.
- This configurable suite of digital applications includes a Patient App, Analytics Dashboards and Healthcare Provider Interfaces. The Disease Management Solution, built on the compliant BrightInsight® Platform on Google Cloud, meets biopharma and medtech customers’ core needs out-of-the-box to support
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Anthem Partners With Happify Health to Enhance Maternal Health
What You Should Know:
- Anthem, Inc. today announced a collaboration between Happify Health to bridge the gap between the unique physical and mental health concerns women face.
- The collaboration will add to its ongoing support of the whole health of women with the addition of a new a digital-first solution in select markets.
Enhance Maternal Health with New Digital-First Solution
It is part of Anthem’s early and consistent support of women throughout the entirety of their maternal
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Rocket VR Health Launches VR Mindfulness Program for Cancer Patients
What You Should Know:
- Rocket VR Health, a digital therapeutics company developing immersive therapy programs launches a new study in partnership with Dr. Linda Carlson, Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine.
- The first-of-its-kind study will assess the feasibility of a virtual reality guided mindfulness (VRGM) intervention program in adult cancer patients with chronic cancer-related pain
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Pfizer and Sidekick Health Launches Digital Therapeutics Solution for Eczema
What You Should Know:
- Sidekick Health today announces the launch of an integrated digital therapeutics solution for improving the outcomes of patients with Atopic Dermatitis (AD) in conjunction with Pfizer Inc., one of the world's premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies.
- Sidekick and Pfizer will be rolling out their integrated digital therapeutics offering, launching first in the UK, followed by Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Ireland, and Japan later in 2022.
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Delivering Patient-Centered Care Means Decluttering the Digital Health Landscape
Digital health companies (DHCs) and their solutions continue to grow at a rapid pace. This is in part being fueled by the record funding for DHCs, with over $29 billion for US-based companies in 2021 alone. As a result, patients are inundated with solutions from every direction – from employers, health plans, and directly through consumer-oriented apps and wearables. Physicians are also getting into the mix by directly prescribing digital therapeutics. On the surface, the blossoming of the
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Hello Heart Raises $70M to Expand Heart Health Solutions
What You Should Know:
- Hello Heart, the only digital therapeutics company focused exclusively on heart disease, announced a $70M Series D funding round led by Stripes to support its rapid growth in the employer market
- The funding round will specifically support the increase in employer market demand for Hello Heart’s technology as a focus on heart health sharpens. The company has experienced massive growth in the employer market, doubling the number of clients in the last three
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Therapeutic Alliance: Building Relationships With AI Therapy Chatbots
What You Should Know:
- Can we build relationships with AI therapy bots as well as we can with other human beings? This research says yes.
- A recent peer-reviewed study in Frontiers of Wysa, an advanced conversational AI for mental health, shows people develop an emotional bond with its chatbot in much the same way people bond with a human therapist. This ‘therapeutic alliance’ is crucial in helping people meet the goals of treatment, the study found.
Peer-reviewed study reveals
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At-Home Digital Health Innovations Transforming Diabetes Care
If you’re looking for a silver lining in the COVID-19 dark cloud still enshrouding the world, consider this: The pandemic has turbocharged widespread acceptance of at-home digital health solutions. Forced to function in a world of social distancing, healthcare providers and physicians have quickly discovered how easily telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring (RPM) and digital therapeutics can improve patient care.
Many of these digital health innovations are designed to address
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Powered by Biofourmis, Blessing Health System Partners Launches Home Hospital Services
What You Should Know:
- Blessing Health System, an integrated rural health system selects Biofourmis, a virtual care and digital therapeutics provider to launch its own home hospital services.
- As part of the selection, Biofourmis is supporting the health system with its turnkey, end-to-end, home hospital solution for participation in the Rural Home Hospital project.
Delivering Acute-Level Hospital Care Inside Patients’ Homes
This new program allows caregivers to
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