Digital Health

A new study conducted among SilverCloud Health program users employed machine learning to identify relationships between app-use frequency and clinical outcomes.

A parable used in public health goes, if there is a group of people who’ve fallen into a river that need saving, the traditional treatment method would be to rescue them from drowning downstream.

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A clinical trial at the University of Antwerp found that patients perceived an improvement in cognitive function after playing using MyCognition app. 

The company is also looking to fast-track its opioid use disorder therapy, thanks to relaxed FDA guidelines. 

Members in 27 states and Washington D.C. are eligible to receive the Level2 chronic care model at no additional cost.

Also: Soterix Medical gets green light from FDA to trial its take-home transcranial direct-current stimulation therapy, while MammoScreen gets a 510(k). 

The new project will use wearable technology to enable vulnerable patients at home to be remotely monitored by hospital clinicians.

SJF Ventures' Stephanie Nieman gives a breakdown of the growing list of digital mental health tools available to these populations, and the various ways to deploy them.

The global workforce need the right tools as they continue to engage one of the greatest threats of our time with the resurgence of the coronavirus in China and marked increase in positive cases found in the US, says Joost Bruggeman, co-founder and CEO of Siilo.