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/ -- Wysa, the world's leading AI-based digital companion for behavioral health, today announces plans for a Hindi language mental health app, which will also be accessible through WhatsApp. ACT, a non-profit venture philanthropy platform, is supporting the initiative and is seeking a co-funding partner to propel the development further. The pilot is expected to commence in early 2023. Says Neetha Joy, Director - Healthcare at ACT, "This is a first of a kind effort for us, to partner with an established player to make a proven solution accessible to millions. With 14% of our population suffering from mental health disorders and the pandemic exacerbating the lack of access to quality care, we need innovative solutions to address this chasm as there aren't enough trained care providers to meet this latent demand." The first iteration of the Hindi app will guide users through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) exercises via text with a mobile phone-based conversational agent, to help ..
Healthcare startup Dozee on Wednesday said it has launched a contactless remote patient monitoring solution for hospitals and aims to partner over 500 hospitals in the next 12 months. The Dozee Pro solution features an AI-powered triaging system which enables remote monitoring of patients outside of the ICU. The startup has already tied up with 70 hospitals across the country in three months for remote patient monitoring and is now looking to further scale it up. "We are looking to partner over 500 hospitals and monitor over 2 lakh patients in the next 12 months. We are keen to work with both government and private hospitals," Dozee CEO & Cofounder Mudit Dandwate told reporters in a virtual event. In the private sector, the company is willing to work with both healthcare chains and standalone hospitals, he added. Dozee has already deployed 4,000 devices in hospitals to monitor patients continuously and to help them enhance patient care and clinical outcomes. The startup has ...