Here are seven behavioral health technology updates that Becker's reported on since July 5:
- Mental health software sales are projected to hit $8 billion by 2031 with the global market reaching revenue of $2.8 billion in 2022.
- Digital therapeutics may be a powerful tool to help boost patients' mental health.
- The Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina teamed up with Blackbaud, a software provider focused on social impact, to bring students in high school and younger digital education programs addressing preventive behavioral health.
- The partnership between Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group, and Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy resulted in the implementation of behavioral health services in more than 10,000 patients' primary care settings.
- Concert Health, a behavioral health medical group, partnered with Froedtert Health, a healthcare system based in Milwaukee, bringing 30 new providers in Wisconsin counties to join the Concert Health collaborative care model.
- Spero Health, an outpatient provider specializing in the treatment of substance use disorders, partnered with Atadas, a telehealth technology company, to implement AddMedPro, a patient-retention technology platform that personalizes medication-assisted treatments.
- There are 61 healthcare IT products being developed for treating substance abuse disorders to meet the substantial demand for more effective therapies.