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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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The boom in VC funding for Mental Health startups

Lloyd Price

Back in 2009, venture capital investors backed seven companies in the mental health space. Jump to this year, and VCs have already completed 30 deals for companies working to help people improve mental health and mindfulness. The latest recipient is Calm, which offers an app for meditation and sleep.

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The Cost to Cover Health Insurance for a Family in America Is $22,221

Health Populi

illustrates the similar question of changes made to a health benefit — here, mental health services for employees, by the size of company. One-half of larger companies made changes to mental health coverage compared with one-third of smaller companies. The next chart labeled Figure 13.12

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Primary Care in the U.S. – Still a Weak Backbone for the Health of Health Citizens

Health Populi

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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Americans’ Sense of Well-Being Falls to Great Recession Levels, Gallup Finds

Health Populi

In the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, the globally economy declined by 0.1%, staying relatively flat. national policies to attend to both the financial/economic scars as well as physical and mental health now and in post-pandemic life in 2021. ” As the Gallup poll informs us, we must be mindful in U.S.

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: John Mackey has held this view on food for a long time. It’s more of an “and” than an “or,” we know now in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as financial health connects with mental health, physical health, and social/civic health.

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Holly Health Secures Strategic Funding to Tackle Multimorbidity Challenge

Lloyd Price

Holly Health, already partnered with over 150 GP (Primary Care) practices, is dedicated to addressing the growing challenge, through fully digital, personalised coaching support. The funding will help to propel Holly Health to advance its AI coaching service, with an initial multimorbidity focus on hypertension plus mental health challenges.