Talkspace Inc. (Nasdaq: TALK) is debuting a new app that offers parents various caregiving resources to help them with their children’s care. The Lasting Parenting Guide is being offered by self-guided therapy app Lasting from Talkspace, and features over 100 sessions that blend care modalities and activities including psychoeducation, reflections, exercises and journaling. Licensed therapists […]
Category: Digital Health
Over time, various studies and academic literature have asserted that video games – long thought by many to contribute to adverse behaviors – can have positive emotional effects on users. A believer in the positive power of the video game experience, Boston-based Mightier is a gaming platform designed to improve a variety of behaviors among […]
Austin, Texas-based startup Legion Health follows a tantalizing track of the development of another high-profile health care startup that turned heads with a big-time funding round. Also based in Austin, Wheel Health Inc. landed a $150 million Series C investment round to scale up its platform which gives any organization the needed infrastructure to provide […]
Kris Engskov — a former White House aide turned Starbucks corporate exec and senior housing leader — is teasing the creation of a new mental health tech company. Engskov announced on LinkedIn.com on Wednesday that he is building an unnamed health tech startup that is focused on “democratizing next-gen mental & behavioral healthcare & support […]
evolvedMD, which provides behavioral health staffing and services to primary care providers, is partnering with care coordination platform NeuroFlow at over 20 locations in the Southwest. Philadelphia-based NeuroFlow will employ its proprietary patient registry and mobile technology as part evolveMD’s collaboration with HonorHealth, a nonprofit health care provider based in Arizona. NeuroFlow’s registry will collect […]
Telehealth is not going anywhere and most people prefer to receive such assistance for behavioral health concerns, according to a new survey by commercial real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). The survey was conducted this January as Medicare began expanding options for where recipients can receive telehealth services – a move that behavioral health […]
San Francisco-based Daybreak Health has landed $10 million in Series A to expand its school-based online therapy platform for youth ages 11 to 19. The company’s announcement, made on Tuesday, comes as the U.S. faces startling implications for the mental health of young people as the coronavirus has upended much of American life. In a […]
Virtual counseling and coaching unicorn BetterUp is expanding its services to consumers, as it has teamed up with Walmart to launch a mental fitness platform for caregivers. BetterUp for Caregivers was designed by PhDs and behavioral scientists and will be available through The Wellness Hub, an online resource offered by Walmart that promotes health goals […]
Omada Health announced Wednesday that it will embed behavioral health support into its suite of care support programs. The San Francisco-based company offers health plans and employers virtual care interventions for diabetes, diabetes prevention, hypertension, and musculoskeletal issues — chronic conditions which represent major drivers of health care spending. With the new addition of behavioral […]
Bicycle Health, a telehealth-focused medication-assisted therapy (MAT) treatment startup, is deepening its partnership with Bamboo Health to get access to better data on its patients. On Wednesday, the companies announced that Bicycle Health, which focuses on treating opioid-use disorder, will now use Bamboo Health’s Pings and Spotlights solutions. Boston-based Bicycle Health already uses Bamboo Health’s […]
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