Digital Therapeutics (DTx) is changing the medical landscape thanks to its ability to reduce costs, develop new forms of treatments, and make it easier for patients to receive therapy. Because it ultimately seeks to change patient behavior through science-backed data, it can address problems beyond symptoms, helping prevent illnesses from being recurrent or by controlling them.
Although it is considered a MedTech solution, its implementation is strongly based on behavioral sciences and IoT technologies. The combination of these diverse tools makes it a powerful state of the art alternative to traditional patient-doctor medicine.
Since it is a rapidly growing field, it is important to know which are some of the most important players. Although there is a wide range of innovative products, these are some of the Digital Therapeutics companies that you should be aware of with examples of what can be done.
Welldoc
Welldoc delivers digital care solutions primarily thought of for people with chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, overweight, and more. It is based on strict scientific rigor, something that has helped it achieve an FDA recognition as a Class 2 Medical Device for diabetes.
Their comprehensive software solution focuses on a ‘bring your own device philosophy’. As a result, it is specially designed for adapting to the medical devices that people use on a daily basis, making it easy for integrations to be developed. This helps patients monitor their chronic conditions easily through their devices using IoT tools. Thanks to its AI-powered health platform, its virtual coach can be tailored to each person’s specific needs.
reSET
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is becoming more and more common. To help patients lead a life free of substance dependence, reSET uses a 90-day Prescription Digital Therapeutic that provides Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
The app provides healthcare professionals with a special dashboard to track progress. This allows them to monitor how patients are using reSET throughout their treatment. The app includes features like lessons, in-clinic data inputs, and patient-reported metrics like cravings and substance use.
Triumf Health
Games are one of the best ways to engage children in therapy. That’s why Triumf Health uses a mobile app game to deliver comprehensive pediatric care suitable for clinical contexts. The goal of this approach is to prevent children from developing psychological problems due to unmet health needs. It has been shown that early access to care helps children lead healthier lives.
Through its science-backed evidence and Machine Learning algorithms, the app is able to deliver personalized care that improves children’s care. In this way, through gameplay, it encourages treatment adherence and creates healthy habits.
Big health
Mental health is still a long way from being something that is openly discussed, but this has been changing in recent years. Big Health is a digital therapeutics initiative that aims to help people, through cognitive and behavioral techniques, to take care of their mental health.
Using the power of great design, the initiative has two user-friendly apps. The first, Sleepio, is a sleep improvement program. It aims to improve mental health by helping overcome poor sleep. The second, Daylight, uses proven strategies for reducing anxiety.
Proteus
Proteus helps physicians improve outcomes by measuring medication treatment effectiveness. This is done through Proteus Discover, a set of IoT sensors that can be ingested or worn, and are connected through a mobile app. This allows medicine and treatments to be monitored like never before, and in real-time. The outcomes are engaged patients, optimized therapies, and treatment measurement effectiveness.
Deprexis
Fighting depression has become a top priority for many medical professionals. Luckily, alternatives such as Deprexis exist. Developed by a multidisciplinary team of experts, it can help patients with either mild or severe depression.
It provides CBT and other effective psychotherapeutic techniques. One of its best features is that it is available in nine languages. Additionally, it can be personalized to each patient’s needs.
gameChange
People with psychosis can have a really hard time. Normal tasks tend to become quite a challenge if it isn’t treated properly. gameChange provides the necessary psychological therapy for psychosis patients. By helping them reduce anxiety through VR therapy, this solution helps reduce the risk that patients end up avoiding therapy due to their condition.
Through simulations, gameChange helps patients confront situations they would normally address but typically avoid. This allows them to be prepared for the real world.
Wrapping It Up
These are only some of the most innovative and creative DTx solutions on the market. There are many more apps available, and the number is very likely to keep growing as more patients and doctors get familiarized with the benefits.
At Koombea we’ve been developing MedTech apps across platforms for over 12 years, and we’ve seen what makes a product stand out from others. Our team is committed to delivering great results not only to develop your product, but to help it grow in the long term.
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