Articles from SWORD Health

New funding led by General Catalyst will accelerate the evolution of Sword's AI Care model, fuel expansion into additional areas of healthcare, and drive ongoing M&A initiatives.

Initiative includes General Catalyst, NVIDIA, Hippocratic AI, and Sword Health

Seasoned healthcare investor and advisor brings decades of expertise to support Sword Health’s mission to transform care delivery with AI

With its groundbreaking AI Care platform fueling rapid growth, Sword is transforming healthcare through AI. The addition of Bruce Broussard as Board Advisor will be instrumental in enhancing industry expertise and shaping the company's future.

As part of this acquisition, Sword Health will collaborate with 18 NHS trusts serving 10 million people to implement its AI Care model, enhancing care delivery and management while significantly reducing costs

Having already set the industry standard with engagement-based billing, ensuring that clients would only pay if members engaged with their programs, Sword is further innovating its model by aligning payments with clinical outcomes

The study found that the group receiving AI Care had equally positive outcomes but at higher engagement and compliance rates compared to those who did not

Team RWB, the U.S.’s leading community of 200,000 veterans, is the launch partner of the Sword Foundation to provide its community with world-class care

Bringing his strong growth stage to public market company leadership, Cohen will lead company’s commercial team, to further accelerate industry-leading sales and client success performance

Sword Health provides the highest independently validated medical savings in the healthtech market, reducing unnecessary procedures, surgeries, ER visits, and medical imaging

Phoenix is the next evolution of Sword's AI Care platform, combining AI and human clinicians to make world-class care infinitely more accessible, scalable, and cost-effective

New York & San Francisco, Jan. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco today, Sword Health CEO and founder, Virgilio Bento announced that the company has delivered 1.5 million AI Care sessions in 2023, bringing its cumulative total to 2.5 million since its launch in 2020, confirming its status as the largest provider of care through artificial intelligence. As the world’s first platform to predict, prevent and treat pain, the company has pioneered the partnership between clinicians and AI, working side by side, Sword is able to make care delivery infinitely more convenient, accessible, and scalable.

Immediately available in 150 countries, the new solution is designed to advance DE&I efforts by creating equitable access to benefits for every part of an international workforce

The companies will integrate systems to create a seamless experience to improve patient care as well as reduce complexity and costs

New York, Oct. 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a new study focused on health equity published in Nature Digital Medicine, the world’s preeminent peer-reviewed journal on all aspects of digital medicine and health, Sword Health’s end-to-end platform to predict, prevent and treat pain promotes equity in pain care. Also, its impact on productivity and non-work activities was greater in most socioeconomically vulnerable groups. The results of this large interventional longitudinal study demonstrate that Sword Health is the first to provide evidence for a truly equitable solution for pain. 

New York, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sword Health, the world’s first and only end-to-end platform to predict, prevent, and treat pain, has partnered with Costco Health Solutions (CHS), Costco’s pharmacy benefits arm, to promote high-quality solutions that will improve the lives of their respective members. Together, the companies are working to encourage people to seek alternative solutions for pain, like Sword’s digital physical therapy platform. Also, with the rise of the popularity of GLP-1 medications for weight loss, the companies are encouraging lifestyle changes by offering access to Sword Move.  

Fortune 50 healthcare executive brings decades of experience from Aon, Cigna and more to the high-growth health tech startup

National Labor Alliance of Health Care Coalitions (NLA) will offer the Sword Health platform to its eight million members following comprehensive review of the market

Nature Digital Medicine study shows that Sword’s digital program delivers clinical outcomes equivalent to the best in-person care, with 2X improvement on the engagement challenges that plague traditional physical therapy

Proven executive brings public company board and top financial institution experience to the health tech startup as it continues to see unprecedented growth

Platform marks major step forward in company’s mission to free 2 billion people from pain by providing infinite custom care pathways for each member’s unique pain challenges

Respected executive to bring experience helping hyper-growth companies navigate regulated industries

NEW YORK, April 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sword Health, the world’s first and only end-to-end platform to prevent, treat, and eliminate pain announced today that it has been selected to be the preferred MSK partner for Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR), the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place. Building on the companies’ mutual commitment to provide superior, meaningful user experiences with continued focus on return-on-investment, Sword Health is available for large employers and health plans to seamlessly integrate digital physical therapy into their benefits offerings through Sharecare’s award-winning platform.

Sword’s new solution uses artificial intelligence to help reduce unnecessary surgeries by intervening earlier and saving the average Fortune 500 company millions annually on their #1 healthcare cost

The studies are the first to evaluate how underserved patient populations progress when given access to a digital care program- In Study #1 Black and Hispanic patients reported the greatest improvements in clinical outcomes; - In Study #2 rural patients reported greater engagement and higher program completion rates than urban patients, with similar improvements in clinical outcomes

Company expands its efforts in solving pain by pioneering a new solution that combines the clinical focus of physical therapy and the holistic approach of fitness.