Dave Muoio
Although still a work in progress, the new center will reportedly help coordinate digital health projects within the agency while providing expertise to external stakeholders.
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Contact tracing apps, symptom checkers and other data-driven tools provide tangible benefits, but experts say that more can be done to educate individuals on what information they collect and how it's handled.
Efficient distribution, dissipating stigma and an emphasis on decentralized trials are all working in favor of digital treatments, according to a panel of digital therapeutics executives and industry stakeholders.
A new analysis of published RCTs did see significant benefits among short-term and single-focus app interventions, but noted that "relatively few high-quality studies have been conducted" in this area.
Activist short seller Citron Research called the Israeli digital X-ray company out on its limited R&D expenditure, suspicious distribution agreements and other factors. Nanox has described the report as incorrect and misleading.
In a recent survey, 67% of consumers and 91% of IT professionals said they'd support a nationwide rollout of contact-tracing apps or other technologies.
The company has raised a lifetime total of $50 million.
With these funds, the telehealth company said it will be expanding platform and launching new supporting products and services.
The companies will be collaborating on a prescription digital therapeutic for patients with schizophrenia built on Click Therapeutics' tech platform.