It’s Time To Ask What Comes After 988
In recent months, Dave (a close friend of mine, but not his real name) has been struggling with suicidal thoughts.
I’m the founder of a mental health company, and his situation still makes me feel…
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Platform, Spectrum.Life Raises a Further €5 million
Spectrum.Life, a leading provider of mental health and wellbeing services for insurers, employers, employees, and students is pleased to announce the successful completion of a €5 million raise, resulting in a total of €9…
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LGBTQ+ Health Advocates Sound Alarm Over CDC Data On American Youth
It’s no secret that American teenagers — especially girls — are experiencing challenges with their mental health. The last several years have been tumultuous for younger populations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But new…
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3 reasons Why Natural Language Processing Will go Mainstream This Year
Natural language processing (NLP) is the ability of computers to understand human speech terms and written text. Within healthcare, the adoption of NLP is now rising because of its recognized potential to search, analyze…
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Improving Value-based Care with Optimized Drug Therapy
Each person is unique in how they react to prescription and over-the-counter medications. Factors like genetics and other medications you take can affect how you metabolize and respond to certain drugs. Understanding these factors…
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Featured Health IT Job: Lead Data Architect – Healthcare
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Lead Data Architect – Healthcare position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central….
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Why Blue Shield of California Made Its Wellvolution Platform Available to Medi-Cal Members
Blue Shield of California (BSC) created its Wellvolution platform, a collection of wellbeing apps, with the intention of helping members with their diet, exercise, sleep and overall health. But until last month, it has…
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Gaming tech is being used for dementia treatment
Research shows that apathy is a significant challenge for people living with dementia. They lose the ability to take initiative, which has an enormous effect on their emotional and physical wellbeing. This makes the disorder much harder to treat.THE PROBLEM
Andrus on Hudson, based in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, serves and cares for individuals (“residents,” to reflect the environment in which they receive care) who have various types of dementia. One of the primary challenges caregivers and residents face are negative behaviors that occur when there are downtimes during the day and/or the sundown window.
These negative behaviors include agitation and wandering. While AOH uses…
