Artificial intelligence is quickly making its way into behavioral health care. Still, many in the field are cautious about adopting the technology in practice. Dr. Megan Jones Bell, the clinical director of consumer and mental health at Google and author of the recent JMIR on AI, noted that while there are many use cases for […]
OneFifteen is moving from a management service organization to a full substance use disorder (SUD) provider, parting ways with its former operating partner, Samaritan Behavioral Health. The decision marks a new chapter for one of the more interesting companies in the SUD space. “We set up OneFifteen as a management services organization and partnered with […]
Google’s life science-focused sister company Verily has made a bet on a brick-and-mortar opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment center. This comes as the technology conglomerate – along with its parent company and other business segments – continues to move further into behavioral health care. The Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL) life science subsidiary teamed up with […]
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 […]
After reorganizing its health division, Google has made a new hire with the addition of Megan Jones Bell as its clinical director of consumer and mental health. The tech giant made the announcement in a press release Tuesday, with Bell assuming her new role this week. Bell arrives at Google from Headspace Health, where she […]
The nation’s substance use disorder (SUD) epidemic continues to climb to new heights, with opioid use disorder (OUD) proving especially hard to beat back. But in a region of the country that knows too well the toll of OUD, one treatment provider is stepping up in the fight through a partnership with one the world’s […]
Modern Health — a behavioral health unicorn that bills itself as a one-stop shop for employee mental health benefits — has added a new chief operating officer. Gyre Renwick, a Silicon Valley alum who was an early employee at both Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL) and Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), stepped into the position earlier this month. Headquartered […]
Quartet Health, a technology platform services company for behavioral health providers, has reached an agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) to establish a new value-based payment model for the Tar Heel State insurer. The goal is to ensure people get high-quality mental health care in a timely manner while improving […]
While it’s frequently cited that one in five U.S. adults has a mental illness, an even greater number of people will experience the symptoms of stress, anxiety or depression at some point in their lifetime. In response, more employers are stepping up to the plate to help their workers manage those conditions, offering new and […]