What You Should Know:
- Curebase, a company committed to democratizing access to clinical trials, announced the release of its integrated software and services package for digital therapeutics (DTx) trials that accelerates enrollment and allows sponsors to launch their studies faster.
- Available now, the new Curebase offering includes the first one-stop-shop decentralized clinical trial (DCT) platform bundled with site and trial execution services for the DTx market.
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Mental Health
Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience
Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. A positive patient experience can keep clients returning, while a frustrating or confusing experience may push them away. With so much on the line, it’s important to get it right. One of the most powerful tools in a behavioral health practice’s arsenal is a user-friendly, highly functional patient portal. These portals are often clients’ main point of connection to a practice outside of appointments.
What
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AI Mental Health Chatbot Predicts Disorders with 93% Accuracy
What You Should Know:
- London-headquartered digital health startup, Limbic, has announced that its psychological assessment tool, Limbic Access, has achieved Class IIa UKCA medical device certification – making it the first and only AI mental health chatbot in the world to earn this status for its clinical effectiveness, safety and risk management.
- The certification confirms that its mental health e-triage chatbot, which is able to predict mental health disorders with an accuracy rate
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Included Health Partners to Deliver First-of-its-Kind LGBTQ+ Health Plan
What You Should Know:
- Included Health today announced a partnership with Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, both Point32Health companies, to provide fully integrated LGBTQ+ healthcare services, including gender affirming physical and mental health, to commercial health plan members. The partnership is a first-of-its-kind offering, embedding the LGBTQ+ health concierge service in the health plans of Point32 members.
- Effective as
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22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023
Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics
From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market correction movement will continue forward. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like
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17 Executive Hospital/Health System Predictions to Watch in 2023
Vijay Kedar, Co-Founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health
Health systems will realize their challenges are not transitory but systemic: This year saw health systems facing a myriad of compounding threats – from historic inflation exacerbating their cost structures, front-line clinician burnout driving widespread labor shortages, and increased capacity issues that left patients in hospital facilities one full day longer than in the prior year. As the financial markets turned south, many institutions
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5 Executives Share Their Behavioral Health Predictions for 2023
As the start of the new year kicks off, we asked 5 healthcare executives to share their top predictions and trends for 2023.
Dr. Yusuf Sherwani, Co-Founder and CEO of Quit Genius
Employers will expand SUD treatment for employees: For example, Cigna more than doubled Evernorth’s Behavioral Health Network in recent months, and employers are now the ones driving demand for better behavioral health benefits for their employees. Employees with substance use disorder have become a financial
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2022 Healthcare Investment, M&A, IPO Market Trends/Insights
What You Should Know:
- The latest edition of SVB's Healthcare Investments and Exits report provides information on VC fundraising, investments and M&A and IPO trends - along with subsector analysis and video commentary for each.
- Healthcare trends indicate US healthcare VC investment was healthy in 2022 despite an economic downturn. There's plenty of dry powder to deploy; however, investments and exits are slowing due to the volatile market.
Trends and Insights – Healthcare
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Backed by CVS Health, Array Behavioral Care Raises $25M for Virtual Psychiatry/Therapy
What You Should Know:
- Array Behavioral Care, the nation’s leading virtual psychiatry and therapy practice, announced today the closing of its latest $25M equity round to further scale modern behavioral healthcare across the continuum, with CVS Health leading the round. Existing investors also joined the round and contributed additional capital.
- The financing builds upon a long history between Array and CVS Health and opens doors to new levels of collaboration to expand access to
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Teladoc Health Launches Fully Integrated Whole-Person Care Experience App
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health launches a fully integrated healthcare experience through a new comprehensive digital application enabling personalized whole-person care to individuals.
- The app will enable consumers to seamlessly access Teladoc Health’s full range of services, including primary care, mental health and chronic condition management from one place and under a single portable account.
- In addition, Teladoc Health’s full suite of services will be available in
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