Sunrise Health has unveiled the beta version of its peer-to-peer group chat therapy app at Beacon Health’s Startup Battlefield competition. The system, which the start-up aims to offer free to patients and sell as a software-as-a-service to healthcare providers, gives assessed users with a range of mental health issues access to moderator-led internet group phone calls, offering both support and anonymity. The app also uses an artificial intelligence-based natural language processing system to weed out abusive messages, with emergencies and edge cases referred to human moderators.
Sunrise Health has unveiled the beta version of its peer-to-peer group chat therapy app at TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s Startup Battlefield competition. The system, which the start-up aims to offer free to patients and sell as a software-as-a-service to healthcare providers, gives assessed users with a range of mental health issues access to moderator-led internet group phone calls, offering both support and anonymity. The app also uses an artificial intelligence-based natural language processing system to weed out abusive messages, with emergencies and edge cases referred to human moderators.