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Update on Digital Therapeutics

About Digital Therapeutics Digital therapeutics (DTx) and prescription digital therapeutics (PDT) refer to a type of software application that is designed to deliver therapeutic interventions to patients through digital platforms such as smartphones, tablets, or personal computers. Digital therapeutics can be used to treat a wide range of conditions, including chronic diseases, mental health disorders,…

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MYND Therapeutics on the democratizing healthcare website

MYND Therapeutics

About MYND Therapeutics Website MYND Therapeutics is digital health company. They develop and distribute digital therapies to help prevent, treat and manage mental, physical and behavioral conditions for people with obesity and eating disorders. MYND’s novel solutions are based on years of neuroscience and behavioral science. They leverage immersive technologies including Virtual Reality,…

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Shine from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Shine

About Shine Website Shine is a great example of a BIPOC-centered behavioral health app co-founded by Marah Lidey and Naomi Hirabayashi. They initially founded the company because they didn’t see themselves represented in mainstream behavioral health. It turns out, only about 1/3 of Black adults receive the behavioral healthcare they need, and many times it…

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Woebot Health from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Woebot Health

About Woebot Health Website The Woebot mental health chatbot was originally created by Stanford psychologists and has now been used in over 120 countries. Woebot uses one of the gold standards in therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). These techniques are applied to help the patient with everything…

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Pear Therapeutics from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Pear Therapeutics

About Pear Pear Therapeutics Website Pear Therapeutics is a leader in Digital Therapeutics for many reasons, including their robust pipeline of products. reSET PDT from Pear Therapeutics for Substance Use Disorder Pear had the first digital therapeutic cleared by the FDA and available by prescription only. Pear now has multiple FDA cleared prescription apps on…

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Moodfit from the book "How AI Can Democratize Healthcare" by Michael Ferro & Robin Farmanfarmaian

Moodfit

About Moodfit Website Moodfit is a freemium app that gives a user daily tools and insights for their mental health and well being. Because Moodfit recognizes there is no one-size-fits-all approach to behavioral health, it works with the user to come up with a personalized plan. The plan could include different approaches, such as CBT,…

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