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SparkRx: The first digital therapeutic for adolescents

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SparkRx is designed to decrease depression in individuals aged 13 to 22 by providing a multi-week programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and behavioural activation protocols. “In In primary care, there are guidelines to screening for behavioural health concerns like depression annually. Designing the app.

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Amwell’s SilverCloud buy yields new digital tool for mental health

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Telehealth company Amwell has marked Mental Health Awareness month with the launch of a digital tool that will deliver cognitive behavioural health interventions across a spectrum of mental illness. Meanwhile, the cost of accessing behavioural healthcare is a rising challenge for payers, said the company.

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Sanofi forges $30m alliance with digital health firm DarioHealth

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Originally set up with a focus on diabetes, Dario has added capabilities in hypertension, weight management, and musculoskeletal and behavioural health in the intervening years, for example by acquiring musculoskeletal wearable company Upright Technologies and digital behavioural health specialist wayForward last year.

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Cognoa preps FDA filing for digital autism diagnostic

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An artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developed by Cognoa, has met all its objectives in a pivotal trial and will be filed for approval with the FDA. It’s reported that parents can often spot the early signs of developmental problems within 18 months.

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US health department backs 15 COVID-focused digital health startups

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The 2022 intake companies are: Carium , which operates a telehealth platform – delivered via a patient app – that provides individualised care to patients from participating healthcare systems and links to a range of wearable devices; Clear Bill of Health (CBOH), which has developed as a COVID-19 vaccination and testing status facilitation tool; Culture (..)

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Applied Virtual Reality in Healthcare: A comprehensive book on medical XR

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I observed that my colleagues who were working to develop and validate various clinical applications of virtual reality technology had no venue to publish their work in a way that would reach other scientists grappling with the same issues and constraints,” Greenleaf said. . To learn more about the IVRHA conference, click here.

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Partnering to advance digital therapeutics offerings

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Aaron Gani, founder and CEO of BehaVR, and Krys Zaluski, director of business development, digital health at Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, discuss their groundbreaking partnership to develop and commercialise digital therapeutics (DTx) products. . Gani started BehaVR in 2016 to create DTx for mental and behavioural health.