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Q&A: Integrating digital health apps into clinical care
By  Emily Olsen 11:26 am February 13, 2023
After nearly 25 years at Kaiser Permanente, Trina Histon recently took on a new challenge at Woebot Health, the company behind a chatbot for mental healthcare. Histon's new role as vice president of clinical product strategy will focus on integrating Woebot into clinical care. She previously spent several years at Kaiser developing a process to get digital mental health apps from clinicians into...
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Kaiser Permanente members gain access to Ginger and more digital health briefs
By  Jessica Hagen 10:21 am October 6, 2022
Kaiser Permanente members may now access Headspace Health's Ginger as part of Kaiser's digital self-care portfolio, providing on-demand, text-based coaching without a referral. Ginger's mental health and addiction care offerings will include emotional support coaches available to all of Kaiser's eligible adult members via their smartphone 24/7 with no appointment. "Kaiser Permanente selected...
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Datos, Permanente Health Care Ventures launch COVID-19 workforce tracking tool
By  Laura Lovett 03:07 pm January 27, 2022
Remote monitoring company Datos has teamed up with Kaiser Permanente's venture arm to develop a new self-service COVID-19 workforce tracking platform called Sidney Navigator.  The tool was designed to help employers keep track of their staff's population COVID-19 status. It can help track employees' symptoms, illnesses and vaccination records. The companies said the platform was created to...
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Addressing health inequities upstream can curb later health disparities
By  Laura Lovett 01:22 pm August 9, 2021
It’s no secret that a person’s overall health and wellness can depend a lot more on factors outside the doctor’s office than inside it. A person’s housing, education, access to healthcare, social inequities, institutional inequities and other social determinants of health play into a person’s overall health.  Health equity challenges exist around the globe. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Also: Kaiser Permanente doubles down on the cloud with Accenture and Microsoft; Boehringer Ingelheim arms its reps with BreezoMeter's air quality data.
Highmark expands access to Freespira's DTx, Almirall and Happify developing digital mental health program for European psoriasis patients and more digital health deals
By  Dave Muoio 02:59 pm February 3, 2021
Highmark, a Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated health insurer, will expand access to Freespira's digital therapeutic for PTSD, panic disorder, panic attacks and other panic symptoms. In addition to bringing the treatment to members living in Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia, the agreement will also provide remote coaching on how to use Freespira to those not already receiving support from...
Telemedicine consults, Noom app intervention reduces binge eating symptoms
By  Dave Muoio 04:00 pm February 4, 2020
New study results published online in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggest that a binge eating treatment strategy combining cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), telemedicine consultations and Noom’s self-monitoring app could be effective in reducing symptoms compared to standard care. Announced back in in 2015, the investigation — conducted by researchers from Mount Sinai, Kaiser Permanente...
Livongo comes to Higi's health kiosks, Pear's reSET-O rolling out to dozens of treatment centers and more digital health deals
By  Dave Muoio 01:57 pm January 9, 2020
Digital chronic care management company Livongo and health kiosk startup Higi have teamed up for a new program that will bring a Livongo-branded on-stage program to nearly 500 retail pharmacies in Michigan, the companies announced today. Through these and other channels, consumers will be able to measure indicators of chronic disease, enroll in Livongo programs, participate in health surveys and...
Rehospitalization rare following Kaiser Permanente, Samsung co-developed digital cardiac rehab program
By  Dave Muoio 03:11 pm August 29, 2019
An in-home cardiac rehabilitation program combining Samsung consumer devices, a custom patient-facing app and clinician dashboard integration achieved substantial lower rehospitalization rates among a cohort of 1,880 Kaiser Permanente patients than the national average, according to a writeup describing the program in NEJM Catalyst. “This program took a fresh, digital-first approach to cardiac...
Microsoft's recent academic research partnerships, remote care for Kaiser Permanente patients and more digital health deals
By  Dave Muoio and Laura Lovett 03:24 pm May 28, 2019
  Microsoft recently detailed two partnerships with pediatric health research groups that have yielded tools and insights for clinicians tackling prevalent conditions. The first, with Seattle Children’s Research Institute, saw the two organizations teaming up on a data-driven partnership aiming to identify predictors and risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). By collecting public...
Digital tools can help patients, but prescribing the right app is no simple feat
By  Dave Muoio 02:43 pm April 3, 2019
A staggering number of health apps are being released with each passing year, many of which could have a lasting impact on patients entering the health system with stress, anxiety or depression. That sheer volume of options comes at a cost, however, as many therapists and clinicians who are interested in recommending a digital tool or service to their patients simply don’t have the time to comb...
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