Intel-GE Care Innovations announced a strategic partnership with Happify, which provides an evidence-based intervention platform for emotional health and wellbeing. Under the deal, Happify will provide Care Innovations with its programs that improve the wellbeing of caregivers through simple to use, daily interactions on their smartphones.
The two parties will be working together to deliver solutions for their respective healthcare clientele and expect to be in market with key clients in Q1 2016. These programs will cater to a wide population of family caregivers who serve more than 130 million people suffering from expensive chronic conditions in the United States.
Happify’s platform delivers evidence-based interventions for mental health and wellbeing of family caregivers.Happify’s interventions are based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), positive psychology and mindfulness, offering a variety of ways to help caregiver families manage difficult times that are inherent in taking care of another person. Happify’s platform delivers evidence-based interventions for mental health and wellbeing, with validated outcomes in a self-care, high-scale, low-cost model. It is currently used by more than 2 million members around the world.
“A successful healthcare outcome — for the patient, the provider, and the health plan — often depends on the ability and availability of a family caregiver,” said Sean Slovenski, CEO of Care Innovations. “Yet the physical and mental burden of being a caregiver is immense. This collaboration with Happify is intended to help family caregivers maintain a positive attitude during what can be incredibly difficult times. And if we can help caregivers be happier, we know the odds are they’ll be more effective caregivers and be healthier themselves.”
Today, with Care Innovations Health Harmony solution, patients and caregivers receive interactive, evidence-based educational content and can securely send vital signs and other health information to clinicians from their homes. In other words, by streamlining the information and communication between all the parties involved – the solution creates better health outcomes and lower costs. And by adding on access to Happify’s mobile app, Care Innovations will be able to improve the wellbeing of family caregivers and offer additional programs to its clients.