Talkspace and Ovia Health by Labcorp introduced the Women’s Health Coalition for Digital Solutions. Other founding member companies of the coalition include Conceive, Evernow, FitOn, Nurx, Cove and Nutrium.
With its new partnerships, Wheel is able to connect its customers’ patients with mental health services through Talkspace, home delivery pharmacy services through Cost Plus Drugs and lab and diagnostic services through Health Gorilla.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Through a new partnership, Talkspace clinicians can refer patients with opioid use disorder to Bicycle Health for its addiction services, while Bicycle Health can refer its patients to Talkspace to treat co-occurring mental health conditions.
Talkspace is offering free self-guided mental health content to some female Evernow customers over the age of 40, while Evernow is offering discounted menopause care to Talkspace patients.
New York City teens ages 13 to 17 will soon be able to access Talkspace therapists through phone, video or text for free. They will also be able to use Talkspace's self-guided content.
There are several ways to know if a digital mental health solution is working, including whether it has proven clinical outcomes or if it's improving access to care, executives said during a panel discussion.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Talkspace's new product, Talkspace Engage, aims to help employers promote their mental health benefits to their employees. It allows employers to easily share mental health resources and virtual classes led by Talkspace clinicians.
Some industry experts seem skeptical of the rumored deal between Amwell and Talkspace, while others disagree. The rumored purchasing price is $200 million at about $1.50 per share.
Talkspace’s COO Mark Hirschhorn is resigning after an internal review of his conduct. This comes just a week after the departure of its co-founders and CEO.
The company’s co-founders are leaving the company as it struggles with retention and billing, with revenue coming short of expectations for the quarter. In the interim, Chairman Doug Braunstein will lead the company.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
A group of stakeholders recommended developing reimbursement mechanisms and standards frameworks to help improve uptake of digital mental health tools in the U.S.
The digital therapy provider plans to go public through a blank-check acquisition by Hudson Executive Capital. The deal would value Talkspace at $1.4 billion and provide $250 million in capital.
A few areas recently targeted by investors have been companies utilizing AI in healthcare, as well as mental health and wellness startups.
Interest and investment in the online therapy space has been ramping up as the technology has been positioned as a lever to address the larger issue of expanding access to behavioral health resources.
Talkspace's first chief medical officer Neil Leibowitz talked about the online therapy providers' ambitions to move into psychiatry by the end of the year.