Companies aren't slowing down to ask if AI is ready for mental health; they're racing to build it in. Encoding the same unexamined standards into these tools means repeating the systemic issues marginalized groups have lived with for far too long.
Allswell's seed round was led by Rethink Impact, and included participation from Magnify Ventures, Ulu Ventures and Hopelab Ventures, joining existing investors Techstars and Amboy Street Ventures.
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
Array Behavioral Care launched a new service to help providers assess patients with urgent behavioral health needs and connect them to appropriate care.
HHS awarded $77 million in SAMHSA grants for substance use prevention and treatment, mental health, suicide prevention and crisis services.
A core principle of trauma-informed care is understanding that past and ongoing exposure to stress and trauma can directly shape health outcomes. But by remaining blind to these histories, the medical community severely limits its ability to address the very drivers of the diseases it is trying to cure.
Handspring raised $19 million in Series B funding this week to expand its pediatric mental health care model nationwide. The company treats the full spectrum of acuity so children are matched to the level of care they actually need, rather than defaulting to the most intensive — and expensive — option available.
We have the opportunity to design systems that give people greater capacity for the work where human presence matters most: listening, understanding, reassuring, deciding, and caring.
Mental health care does not need to become less human to become more effective. The most effective (and responsible) path forward is one built on partnership
In an interview, Kyan Health Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer Konstantin Struck discussed how Kyan gives mid-market and enterprise employers access to premium workforce mental healthcare, at a price point that is affordable.
As clinicians, we learn not to be agreeable, we learn to challenge and sit in discomfort. We ask the hard questions underneath the one being asked. That is the work these tools are not yet built to do.
InStride's Series C round includes support from new investors Echo Health Ventures and FMZ Ventures, as well as existing investors .406 Ventures, Valtruis, General Catalyst and Mass General Brigham Ventures.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
A fragmented system built on isolated metrics like BMI and A1C fails to capture the full picture of metabolic health and limits our ability to manage it effectively.
The American Medical Association is urging Congress to add safeguards for AI mental health chatbots amid safety concerns, while noting their potential to expand access.
A new report from Trilliant Health finds behavioral health demand has surged since 2018, but workforce shortages and access barriers continue to limit care.
Jimini's $17 million round was from M13, Town Hall Ventures, LionBird, Zetta Venture Partners and OneMind.
Reducing unnecessary utilization, expanding timely access to care and easing workforce burdens can help providers and health plans deliver improved healthcare for complex patient populations in the year ahead.