Canary Health has acquired mobile stress management company, bLife, to round out its self-management suite that includes a CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and the chronic disease online workshops from Stanford University’s Patient Education Research Center. With bLife’s mobile mental health tools, Canary Health will be able to offer a suite of digital programs for managing multiple chronic conditions including diabetes, heart disease, depression and arthritis, as well as a comprehensive “whole person-focused” solution to health plans, providers and employers.
“Given the clear role that chronic stress plays in triggering and accelerating disease progression, the acquisition of bLife allows us to offer our customers another proven digital intervention to impact clinical outcomes and bend the cost curve,” Adam Kaufman Ph.D., CEO and president of Canary Health, said in a statement. “By integrating bLife’s talented team and consumer-centric mobile stress management tools, Canary Health is the only digital health company putting the person back in the center of their healthcare journey with holistic programs addressing both the mind and body.”
As part of the deal, Paul A. Campbell, co-founder and former CEO of bLife, will join Canary as a Chief Product Officer, while bLife co-founder Hamet Watt will get a seat at the Canary Health Board of Directors.
To date, bLife’s mobile apps have engaged more than 500,000 consumers, and in one study, they showed a self-reported 15% reduction in stress over three months. The company’s investors include True Ventures, Tango Group and the Omidyar Network.