What You Need to Know: - Starbucks partners with Lyra Health to offer all U.S. partners and eligible family members with a mental health therapist or coach. - Through Lyra Health’s platform, all U.S. partners (employees) and eligible family members will receive 20 mental health sessions with a therapist or coach each year at no cost. - Offering a new mental health care resource is part of Starbuck's larger mental health initiative announced in September, created based on partner
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Oxford VR Launches VR Program to Tackle Anxious Social Avoidance
What You Need to Know: - Oxford VR launches social engagement - a first-in-class digital therapeutic using virtual reality technology to tackle anxious social avoidance. - Anxious social avoidance is one of the most debilitating aspects of multiple mental conditions. Social engagement enables individuals to overcome trigger situations to feel safer, more confident and more in control. Oxford VR (OVR),
a global pioneer developing automated VR therapy announces the launch of
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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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Quartet Health, Blue Cross NC Collaborate on Value-Based Care Payment Model for Mental Health
- Mental health technology company Quartet Health announced a new technology that helps install a value-based quality measurement system for mental healthcare. - Achieved in collaboration with Blue Cross of North Carolina -- an insurer known for being on the forefront of improving mental health access and a tech leader -- Quartet and BCNC are introducing it as the market's first and will serve as a framework for all insurer adoption. Quartet Health, an innovative mental healthcare technology,
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Teladoc COO Shares 5 Virtual Care Predictions to Watch in 2020
- Teladoc Health’s COO David Sides gives a glimpse of what the future holds as more consumers tap into virtual care. Forget face to face, healthcare is moving into cyberspace—albeit not as fast as one would like. Yes, there is no question that the interest in virtual care is growing swiftly. However, the adoption of virtual services has been somewhat slow; only about 10 percent of healthcare consumers have used such services, according to a study by J.D Power. Despite interest from
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Can Digital Health Bridge The Low-Income Gap?
We’ve known for a few years that income correlates with health in a major way. From the length of life to stroke risk to self-reported health status, the more access, opportunity, and means of upward mobility a person has, the better their projected health outcomes.
Waves of organizations are stepping up to help put things on a better course. Accountable and managed care organizations like Upward Health are working with payers, providers, and local governments to bring doctors, nurses, and
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How Telehealth Technology Can Support Telepsychiatry and Telehealth-Supported Mental Health Practices
Primary care practices—supported by telepsychiatry and telehealth resources—are best positioned to improve access to mental healthcare, resulting in earlier intervention and improved mental health outcomes.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen encouraging improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in the United States. Notably, recent government acts have improved access to mental health services for many Americans. Despite this, however, significant issues remain
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Quartet Health, Cambia Health Solutions Partner to Bring AI-Enabled Platform to Cambia’s Members
- Quartet is partnering with Cambia Health Solutions to bring its AI-enabled platform to Cambia's members so they can get better access to mental healthcare.- Additionally, Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia and Mosaic Health Solutions made an investment in Quartet.Today Quartet, a healthcare technology and services company, announced a new partnership with Cambia Health Solutions to help improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. Cambia’s regional health
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4 Ways to Improve Mental Health Through Digital Health
Mental health care is undoubtedly one of the most pressing challenges that our national health system faces. Years of insufficient payment, infrastructure erosion, provider deficits, and stigma have created a fragmented patchwork of weak, under-coordinated and under-reimbursed treatment capabilities. Meanwhile, communities face an expanding crisis:
- 44.7 million American adults – including 10 million adults covered by Medicaid – experienced a mental health illness as of 2016, a number that is
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OSF Ventures Closes $75M Sophomore Venture Fund to Focus on Emerging Technologies
OSF Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, has announced the closing of its sophomore venture capital fund of $75M. The sophomore fund will focus on investing in new technology, devices, and services that offer improved and more cost-efficient healthcare.Investment PhilosophyOSF focuses on investing in companies seeking funding at all post-seed stages and has invested primarily in Series A and B rounds. In addition, OSF Ventures is open to
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