Behavioral health
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HIMSS22
In a preview of their HIMSS22 session, Kasey Claborn of the University of Texas and Andrea L. Daugherty from the Dell Medical School explain how better overdose surveillance could improve response and outreach.
The use of social skill training VR facilitates the social rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders.
The wellness, stress and sleep app maker also announced Calm Health, which will eventually replace its employer-focused service, Calm for Business.
The company announced it had raised $20 million in July. Left Lane Capital provided an additional $17 million.
The merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I is expected to net Akili up to $412 million.
It plans to deploy its fresh funds to rapidly scale its offerings across Asia.
They have used data from wearable devices to measure a person's risk of depression.
The app also helped children meet therapeutic goals. However, it didn't make a significant difference in overall anxiety or functional impairments.
Cofounder and CEO Matthew Stoudt discusses AppliedVR's De Novo clearance from November, what's next for the company and the biggest trends from 2021.