“The use of mobile and wireless technologies to support the achievement of health objectives (mHealth) has the potential to transform the face of health service delivery across the globe.”

“We start to learn people’s patterns,” according to a clinical social worker using Companion™ with her patients. “So, for instance, if this person is always an 98, 99, and now they suddenly became a 20, the question is, what happened?”

“In the existing paradigm, patients usually go to the doctor only after they have become symptomatic…In the coming digital medicine era, there is the potential to shift toward earlier intervention using both continuous temporal monitoring of an individual’s health status for clinically validated markers and prevention tools mediated through digital devices.”

“But when I get that sad face, it’s an important alert,” says one patient, who uses the Companion™ prompts as a reminder to do a three minute breathing exercise or take a walk.

“I knew how Companion™ was supposed to work, but I didn’t believe it actually worked until I saw the way it was interpreting my messages,” says one patient using Companion™. “It was listening to how I expressed my thoughts, not the actual words I was saying. It was like talking to a friend who really cared about how I was doing.”

“In a crisis that has become progressively dire over the past decade, digital solutions – many with artificial intelligence at their core – offer hope for reversing the decline in our mental wellness.
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