Search Results: "freespira"
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CEO of digital therapeutics business Freespira talks about its approach to anxiety disorders
Freespira CEO Dean Sawyer said its FDA cleared digital therapeutic is the first that’s proven to significantly reduce or eliminate symptoms of panic attacks, panic disorder, and PTSD, in a single, 28-day treatment episode.
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Advocates of Digital Therapies Hope Bill Can Ease Reimbursement
A similar bill appeared last year but did not progress. Given the potential costs of reimbursing prescription digital therapeutics, Congress could be skeptical. Still, with growing attention on mental health, advocates are optimistic.
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MedCity Influencers, Health Tech
I ran a mental health clinic in Uvalde. Now I support a new approach
Texas is a poster child for states with large numbers of people living in areas with too few mental health professionals. Until we somehow manage to recruit thousands of new mental health professionals to ease the national shortage, one solution may be digital therapeutics.
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Highmark expands access to device that helps manage panic, PTSD symptoms
The payer is expanding access to telehealth coaching for Freespria’s digital device, which aims to eliminate or reduce symptoms of panic disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Hospitals, Startups, Health Tech, Payers
Can Highmark successfully commercialize the healthcare innovation process?
Highmark Health is turning its internal VITAL Innovation program into a commercial offering meant to help startups test their products in real-world clinical environments.
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Developer of FDA-approved breathing exercise app for panic disorder pursues pediatric market
CEO Debra Reisenthel secured approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2013 for an app that functions like a digital drug to help get breathing under control for the 2.7 percent of the U.S. population who suffer from panic disorder.