The managed care company picked six mental health apps that it made available to its members over the past two years. It recently published a paper showing patients were more likely to download or use digital health tools when referred by a physician.
The new product represents one of the first major expansions of the company's behavioral health offerings since the company's acquisition of Denver-based behavioral health startup myStrength earlier this year.
Incorporating aquatic therapy can enhance patient outcomes and shorten recovery times for health care professionals. In the Chicago suburbs, the demand for such programs is rising.
The startup previously developed the Sleepio application, which is targeted at insomnia, and is offered to around 12 million users through partnerships with payers and employers like Boston Medical Center, Comcast and the NHS.
The myStrength news comes fresh off the heels of competitor Omada Health's effort to add on similar services using technology developed by failed behavioral health startup Lantern.