Tackling Mental Health With Happify Health’s Ofer Leidner

Recorded on 02/15/22 In this episode, Charles Rhyee, Cowen’s Health Care Technology Analyst speaks with Ofer Leidner, Co-Founder and President of Happify Health. Happify Health is a global software-enabled healthcare platform that connects mental health with physical health, using personalized digital therapeutics and other care solutions. We discuss the challenges of treating mental health and its implications for treating chronic conditions, as well as the impact of COVID-19 on how the industry thinks about behavioral change. We also explore how Happify’s platform uses gamification techniques to motivate and engage users, and ultimately effectuates behavior change. Happify’s platform currently addresses mental health related to 10 chronic conditions and has been able to show a 25% improvement in symptoms of depression, with 86% of adherent users seeing an improvement in happiness within 2 months. For Disclosures, click here bit.ly/3cPHkNW https://go.td.com/PodcastDisclosure Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.