Episode 5: Business and Innovation in Depression

CHAPTER 15: HOLISTIC HEALTH

Introduction to Peter Hermann and BreatheAware
- - Full conversation with Hermann:
  - Previous podcast interview with Hermann:
How the BreatheAware platform works
How a product like BreatheAware might help someone like Sifuentes
Outcomes from multi-modal interventions
Financial and regulatory considerations for a platform like BreatheAware
The outlook for innovation in mental health

CHAPTER 16: VIDEOCHAT THERAPY

An introduction to Tom Hunter and iHope Network
Full conversation with Tom Hunter:
An overview of iHope Network’s telehealth system of delivering mental health services
How the smartphone has changed the game for both monitoring and delivery of care
Improvements for both patients and clinicians that are opened up through technology
Regulatory and reimbursement challenges for telehealth services
The future of innovation in mental health services
An introduction to Jennifer Amis and Encounter Telehealth
Full conversation with Jennifer Amis:
Opportunities created by cloud technologies
Telehealth and its role in accessible care
A possible future for how and where care takes place

CHAPTER 17: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF HEALTH

An introduction to Mike Suiters and Sandbox Industries
What’s changed in the healthcare startup landscape in the past decade
Up and coming mental health-related companies in the Sandbox portfolio
The importance of better data collection and analysis
What Suiters looks for in an investment, and why he got into the business of healthcare

PEOPLE

LINKS

Holistic health

Companies referenced in this episode:

Articles by BreatheAware:

Selected studies on mindfulness and deep breathing:

Herakova N, Nwobodo NHN, Wang Y, Chen F, Zheng D. Effect of respiratory pattern on automated clinical blood pressure measurement: an observational study with normotensive subjects. Clin Hypertens. 2017 Jul 18;23:15. doi: 10.1186/s40885-017-0071-3. eCollection 2017.
Aritzeta A, Soroa G, Balluerka N, Muela A, Gorostiaga A, Aliri J. Reducing Anxiety and Improving Academic Performance Through a Biofeedback Relaxation Training Program. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2017 Jun 16. doi: 10.1007/s10484-017-9367-z.
Allen M, Dietz M, Blair KS, van Beek M, Rees G, Vestergaard-Poulsen P, Lutz A, Roepstorff A. Cognitive-affective neural plasticity following active controlled mindfulness intervention. J Neurosci. 2012 Oct 31;32(44):15601-10. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2957-12.2012.
Reiner K1, Tibi L, Lipsitz JD Do mindfulness-based interventions reduce pain intensity? A critical review of the literature. Pain Med. 2013 Feb;14(2):230-42. doi: 10.1111/pme.12006. Epub 2012 Dec 13.
Kingston J, Chadwick P, Meron D, Skinner TCA pilot randomized control trial investigating the effect of mindfulness practice on pain tolerance, psychological well-being, and physiological activity. Psychosom Res. 2007 Mar;62(3):297-300.
Bergeron CM, Almgren-Doré I, Dandeneau S. “Letting Go” (Implicitly): Priming Mindfulness Mitigates the Effects of a Moderate Social Stressor. Front Psychol. 2016 Jun 13;7:872. doi: 310.3389/fpsyg.2016.00872. eCollection 2016.