Workit Health
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Addiction healthcare |
| Founded 📆 | 2015 |
| Founders 👔 | Robin McIntosh Lisa McLaughlin |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Workit Health is an addiction healthcare company providing online and in-person care through web and native applications.
History
Workit was co-designed by co-CEOs[1] Robin McIntosh[2] and Lisa McLaughlin, launching in 2015. The two met while in long-term recovery for addiction.[3][4] Workit is a smartphone and web-based treatment program for addiction and other mental health issues like eating disorders.[5] Research into developing the program was supported by the National Science Foundation.[6] The company is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan,[2] and has since expanded to other states, including California, New Jersey, Washington, and Alaska.[7][8][9][10] It has also established pop-up clinics.[6] In 2016 Workit had around 200 counselors on its staff.[11] In 2017 it received a license to provide medically assisted treatment and opened an outpatient program for opioid addiction.[5] In 2019 it raised a Series A round of funding led by Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners,[12] for a total of 20 million dollars in venture funding, with its Series B round led by Firstmark Capital, with participation by actor Rob Lowe.[13]
App
Workit Health provides substance use disorder treatment through its mobile and web-based app, which includes online text, medication prescribing, group recovery meetings, and video chats with clinicians.[2] They also provide 5- or 10-minute courses developed to deal with addiction.[5] Workit also has a physical clinic where they hold group recovery meetings and do medication consultations. It charges a weekly subscription fee for access.[2] Workit users are provided with a selection of six personalized modules to work through over the span of between ninety days and two years.[1] All services are available online.[14] Programs are based upon cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Utley, Tori. "The Tech Startup Bringing Addiction Recovery To The Workplace Through Science And Design". Forbes.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Siegel, Zachary (1 April 2018). "Addiction Rehab Is Broken. Can Technology Fix It?" – via www.wired.com.
- ↑ Staff, Stateside. "Ann Arbor firm wants to be digital "Mayo Clinic for addiction"". www.michiganradio.org.
- ↑ O'Brien, Sara Ashley (25 April 2017). "Can algorithms help kick addiction?". CNNMoney.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "For opioid addicts in Michigan, online help when no doctor is near". www.bridgemi.com. 16 May 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Workit Health takes new approach to opioid addiction". USA TODAY.
- ↑ https://www.diablomag.com/health-wellness/workit-health-rethinks-recovery/article_5f6cf402-e920-50c0-81b1-99df8ed6c087.html
- ↑ https://www.roi-nj.com/2019/11/11/healthcare/workit-health-opens-clinic-in-n-j-to-provide-virtual-addiction-care-services/
- ↑ https://www.inlander.com/spokane/premera-blue-cross-expands-telehealth-services-for-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorder-during-covid-19-lockdown/Content?oid=19497559
- ↑ https://www.akbizmag.com/industry/healthcare/workit-healths-digital-addiction-care-expands-to-washington-and-alaska/
- ↑ "Addiction recovery startup Workit Health raises $1.1M to expand digital counseling program". MobiHealthNews. 10 August 2016.
- ↑ FinSMEs (1 February 2019). "Workit Health Raises Series A Funding Round". FinSMEs.
- ↑ https://fortune.com/2020/12/15/workit-health-digital-rehab-startup-funding-12-million/
- ↑ Columnist, Ali Safawi. "Ali Safawi: To beat opioids, you have to work it". The Michigan Daily.
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