substance abuse
Using the reSET-O app in addition to other opioid treatments lowered healthcare costs by $1,014 and added 0.003 quality-adjusted life years compared with treatment alone.
New data published in JMIR outlines encouraging results from a modified version of the text-based chatbot app.
Flare Capital's Alexandra Mullin and Ian Chiang outline COVID-19's impact on the worsening opioid crisis and how the digital opioid use disorder space is likely to develop over the coming years.
Also: Workit Health's $12 million for virtual substance abuse treatment; Lucine's $6.6 million chronic pain digital therapeutic.
Lucid Lane combines regular virtual coaching with mobile, data-driven care plans.
However, new technologies can help providers and plans better coordinate access to care.
The DynamiCare Health platform is already deployed in seven addiction treatment programs within the US.
Customers will have a text chat-based consultation with a doctor through the platform, who will instruct them about when and how to use the medication.
As the first prescription digital therapeutic approved by the FDA, the treatment will be distributed and supported by a specialist-staffed service center.
Trump invited 21 companies to the White House signing of the bill, including Amazon, which unveiled a new AWS Opioid Crisis Council.