Hopper Health, a virtual health and primary care navigation platform, launched this week to provide care for adults with conditions such as Tourette’s disease, ADHD, autism and obsessive disorders compulsive.
Patients will have access to healthcare providers trained in the communication and sensory needs of the neurodivergent population.
The New York-based platform is directly available to consumers in their home state and California via a $99 monthly subscription.
“As a person with autism and ADHD with co-occurring chronic health conditions, I created Hopper Health to ensure people like me receive better care,” said Katya Siddall-Cipolla, CEO and Founder of Hopper Health, in a press release.
“Clinicians often don’t know how to effectively accommodate neurodivergent patients, and imbalanced patient-provider power dynamics can mean that we are not taken seriously as experts in our own symptoms or experiences. My goal is to create a pathway for neurodivergent adults to take charge of their health through a support system that inherently understands their challenges and needs.”
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People with autism in particular self-report lower quality health care than others and are more likely to have chronic physical and mental health problems, according to a study by the University of Cambridge.
Other digital health companies working to improve health options for neurodivergent people are virtual reality behavioral therapy platform Floreowho teaches people with autism, anxiety, ADHD and other independent living conditions as well as communication, social and emotional regulation.
Chicago-based digital obsessive-compulsive disorder identification and management platform NOCD offers video-based OCD processing. UK based Influx provides a science-based application that empowers ADHD patients to actively self-manage their disease using cognitive behavioral therapy strategies.
Salim Ismail will offer more details during his HIMSS23 “Executive Summit Keynote: Disruptive Convergence” presentation. It is scheduled for Monday, April 17 from 3:45-4:30 p.m. CT at the Marriott Marquis Chicago, Level 4, in the Grand Horizon Ballroom.
