Using Sleepio, a digital therapeutic to reduce insomnia, improved sleep, anxiety and depression more than other psychological interventions alone, according to a study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy.
The study was partially funded by Big Health, Sleepio’s parent company, and most authors were Big Health employees or paid consultants.
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Patients who used Sleepio achieved...
Yesterday, CVS Health unveiled Vendor Benefit Management, a new service that will help CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) clients roll out and manage third-party health products.
As the service is applicable to both digital and non-digital health and wellness products, the company has decided to inaugurate its initiative by announcing Big Health — maker of the CBT-based sleep app...
What happened
A new dual-arm randomized trial published this morning in JAMA Psychiatry found that use of Big Health’s Sleepio app as a digital cognitive behavioral therapy (dCBT) led to significant improvements in self-reported functional health, psychological wellbeing, and sleep-related quality of life among those with symptoms to insomnia.
The trial, which included 1,711 participants...
