Feb 14,2023

Delivering holistic care for physical health conditions through digital talking therapies

Could digital talking therapies tools help to provide more well-rounded care to people with physical health conditions? Health Innovation Network project manager Gemma Dakin discusses the potential benefits of these digital tools and work being done to increase their usage. Talking therapies use techniques such as guided self-help or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help people self-manage their symptoms and find improve their wellbeing. They are most suited to treating mental health problems of relatively low severity; there is a growing nationally-recognised evidence base suggesting they can improve the quality of life for people with physical health conditions ranging from diabetes to lower back pain. Featuring SilverCloud Health, Mahane Therapeutics, Limbic and Minddistrict as examples.

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May 19,2021

Amalgam Rx Acquires Adaptive, Conversational, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assets

Amalgam Rx, Inc., the leader in connecting healthcare providers and life sciences companies through a SaaS-enabled digital marketplace and product platform, is announcing the acquisition of the assets of Geetha, LLC, an adaptive, conversational AI company. The acquisition bolsters Amalgam’s data science assets, which already include more than 6 billion longitudinal data points on millions of patients cared for across Amalgam’s technology platforms.

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Jan 05,2023

LG NOVA Select Companies, Entrepreneurs for Second Annual Mission for the Future Program

Selected from 2,170 submissions, these companies are joining the LG NOVA program to explore joint business creation with LG NOVA. Woebot Health, developer of digital therapeutics that combine AI, clinically-proven techniques and a mental health ally called Woebot to deliver mental health solutions that engage at scale and fit right into people's lives, is one of the LG NOVA Mission for the Future 2022 companies.

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Jan 05,2023

Mental Health App Woebot Passes ORCHA’s Rigorous New Digital Health Assessment Framework

Woebot, a mental health app from Woebot Health, has passed the rigorous new Digital Health Assessment Framework (DHAF) that aims to enhance health application standards in the United States. The open framework includes components to assess privacy and security, clinical assurance and safety, and usability, and was crafted to support U.S.-specific guidelines, regulations and best practices for digital health technologies.

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Jan 23,2023

Woebot Health Enrolls First Patient in Pivotal Clinical Trial of WB001 for Postpartum Depression

Woebot Health today announced the enrollment of the first patient in a pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of WB001, an investigational digital therapeutic for postpartum depression (PPD) that was granted Breakthrough Device Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2021. The multi-center, double-blind, randomized controlled study is actively recruiting women ages 22 to 45 who have given birth in the last three months and are experiencing mild to moderate PPD.

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Aug 11,2020

The Acceptability and Impact of the Xploro Digital Therapeutic Platform

There is increasing interest in finding novel approaches to improve the preparation of children for hospital procedures such as surgery, x-rays, and blood tests. A digital therapeutic (DTx) platform (Xploro) was developed with children to provide health information through gamification, serious games, a chatbot, and an augmented reality avatar. This before and after evaluation study aims to assess the acceptability of the Xploro DTx and examine its impact on children and their parent’s procedural knowledge, procedural anxiety, and reported experiences when attending a hospital for a planned procedure.

CLINICAL STUDY

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Oct 21,2019

The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Unveils 5 Winners for Digital Health Lab Demo Day

The Innovation Studio at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) announced the winners of its first-ever Digital Health Lab Demo Day, which are Manatee, Playing Forward, Pulse X, Mila, CHLA Companion. Winning VR, AR, and gaming innovations will receive $20,000 each in seed grants and be piloted at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

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Sep 30,2019

Brain stimulation headset maker Flow launches mental health chatbot

With the staggering shortage of mental health practitioners worldwide, more and more startups are looking for alternative ways to provide patient care. One of the most popular technologies is chatbots. Now we are seeing one more entrance emerge into that market. On Thursday, Sweden- and UK-based medical device company Flow, best known for its brain stimulation headset, launched a new chatbot aimed at helping to treat depression. According to the company the new technology was designed to engage users in conversation, track mood and meditate. Additionally, users can also use the chatbot to download curated video content.

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Nov 15,2018

UCB launches Parkinson's disease app with AI voice chatbot

Belgian biopharma company UCB has tapped customer engagement company Verint Systems to create an app for patients with Parkinson's disease.The app is called PD Coach and includes an AI assistant named April which can communicate with users either by text or speech. At launch, the app will support journaling and symptoms tracking. April is programmed with a wealth of Parkinson's-specific information, and is designed to be able to communicate with Parkinson's patients through speech and dexterity challenges.

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Jun 08,2017

This adorable chatbot wants to talk about your mental health

Woebot, one of the first chatbots of its kind, is powered by artificial intelligence not to tackle your deepest problems, but to improve your mood, and even alleviate symptoms of depression. The chatbot also represents the risky yet essential innovation happening at the intersection of mental health care and technology.

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