Employer-sponsored digital health platforms for mental wellness—A good investment

Employer-sponsored digital health platforms for mental wellness—A good investment
JAMA Network Open; by Molly Candon, Rebecca E. Stewart; 2/25
The authors evaluate an employer-sponsored digital health platform (Spring Health; Spring Care Inc) that screens employees for mental health conditions and, when warranted, connects them to treatment. Hawrilenko et al found a reduction in health care spending among digital health platform users compared with a matched comparison group. These findings contribute to a broader literature that considers the economic value of employer-sponsored interventions aimed at mental wellness ... There are broader implications of the study by Hawrilenko et al, because employer-sponsored digital health platforms are among the quickest and easiest pathways to grant a majority of US individuals accessible mental health care.