Mental health in the workplace: The coming revolution

On March 24, 2021, Vincent Caimano, our Co-Founder and CEO, participated in a panel discussion at the 4th Annual SoCalBio Digital Health Conference.

Southern California Biomedical Council (SoCalBio) is a nonprofit, member-supported trade association that serves the biotech, med tech, IVD, and digital health communities in the six counties that comprise the Greater Los Angeles region. The Annual SoCalBio Digital Health Conference showcases gadgets and new digital health technologies developed in Southern California that promise to disrupt the $3 trillion US healthcare system. It also is a forum for key providers, payers, entrepreneurs, and investors to share how innovation can improve the delivery of care at lower costs.

In the Telehealth Technology-Enabled Healthcare Services Innovation Panel, Vincent Caimano represented the innovative mobile and online technology making digital peer support more convenient, accessible, personalized, measurable and rewarding. He shared that, “ [Peer Support Solutions] provide consistent, safe and confidential social support that has a measurable impact on outcomes. In a study we did of one of our service offerings, depressed participants reported a 50% reduction in the use of emergency rooms and urgent care and a 70% reduction in hospital re-admissions.”

Now more than ever, the expansion of accessible digital peer support is essential as many individuals are experiencing burnout from the pandemic, stress from job insecurity, and diminished opportunity for in-person interactions.

If you have questions about how your organization, nonprofit, or EAP could expand your supportive services by providing digital peer support, please connect with Peer Support Solutions here.