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How MEMOTEXT Powers Canada’s Largest Search Engine for Youth Mental Health Resources
At MEMOTEXT, we’re committed to building digital health tools that solve real problems. One of the most impactful projects we’ve had the privilege to co-create is Resources Around Me — a national mental health service search tool developed in partnership with Kids Help Phone (KHP)....
Press Release – OBIO X A4i
Press Release OBIO® support A4i to expand Canadian presence through new partnership with Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care June 12, 2025 The collaboration enhances A4i’s footprint across health systems, supporting digital innovation in severe mental illness June 12, 2025 (Toronto, Ontario) – Among patients...
Doing More with Less in Digital Health: Scaling What Works
At APhA 2025, I had the chance to speak about a topic that’s been at the heart of my work at MEMOTEXT for over a decade: how we scale digital health beyond pilots—and actually deliver value across systems, providers, and patients. With shrinking budgets and...
Introducing the MEMOTEXT AI Playbook for Digital Patient Engagement – Part 1
AI in healthcare has shifted from theory to implementation, yet its role in patient engagement remains in an early, evolving stage. While organizations recognize its potential, many struggle with where to begin, how to govern AI effectively, and how to ensure ethical, transparent implementation. To...
A Great Partnership Experience with A4i
Maria Martha Moreno, MS CIS | MH Services Program Manager @ RUHS – Behavioral Health For over two years, RUHS – Behavioral Health- Help@Hand and A4i, co-founded by Dr. Sean Kidd and Amos Adler, worked together on a groundbreaking initiative to pilot the App4Independence (A4i)...
What won’t change with AI? What are your anchors?
With all the buzz around AI in digital health, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The promises of disruption and transformation are everywhere, and while AI undoubtedly has the potential to reshape many aspects of healthcare, it’s important to remember that some things will remain constant....
2 Years in Digital Health: What I’ve Learned About Building Meaningful Products
As a recent grad, approximately two years ago, I delved into the space of digital health, eager to learn about the potential of technology transforming healthcare. Since I’ve joined, I’ve worked on designing a clinician-patient cardiovascular health dashboard, developing a clinically curated app store providing...
What Does 2025 Hold for AI/ML/LLMs (and us) in Digital Engagement?
HNY! Stepping into 2025, AI, machine learning, and LLMs are only beginning to reshape digital engagement, patient support and behaviour change. While these technologies hold immense promise, they also bring unique challenges to reflect on: Nuanced, Hyper-Personalization at Scale: Considering leveraging ML to tailor interventions based...
Evaluating JITAI Effectiveness: Techniques and ML Tools for Measuring Digital Engagement
Thoughtful application of adaptive and data-driven communications not only elevate user engagement but also play a crucial role in: driving meaningful behavior change boosting adherence enhancing care coordination fostering improved health literacy shared decision-making empowering patients and caregivers At MEMOTEXT, we thought we’d share about...
MEMOTEXT Partners with Kids Help Phone to Launch “Resources Around Me”
Why Partnering with MEMOTEXT is Perfect for Developing Patient Engagement Solutions. By Lindsay S. Mayberry Ph.D
By Lindsay S. Mayberry Ph.D, Associate Professor – Vanderbilt University Medical Center In the dynamic world of digital health, finding a partner that truly understands your needs and helps propel your mission forward is like striking gold. That’s precisely what makes working with MEMOTEXT such...
Digital platform shows promising results in providing accessible, scalable healthcare for patients with complex mental disorders
June 13, 2024 (Toronto, ON) – According to data from 2022, over 5 million Canadians (18%) aged 15 and older met the diagnostic criteria for a mood, anxiety, or substance use disorder in the previous 12 months. Of those with a mood, anxiety, or substance...
A4i Looks to Accelerate Commercialization
Commercialization efforts will be focused on hospital and community based behavioural health expansion TORONTO, May 27, 2024 – A4i, an innovative digital platform for supporting people with complex behavioural and mental health conditions, has received funding from the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) to support commercialization...
MEMOTEXT, CAMH and OBIO partner to support healthcare workers’ mental health through digital engagement.
May 27, 2024 (Toronto, ON) – MEMOTEXT Corp., a leading digital platform provider for patient engagement in North America, is thrilled to announce the successful completion of an evaluation project through OBIO’s Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN™) of its MTxBeWell program with the Centre for...
6 Strategies for Effective Digital Patient Engagement Programs
In today’s healthcare world, fostering patient engagement isn’t just about protocols—it’s about building relationships. Create patient engagement programs that empower individuals, improve outcomes, and foster stronger connections between patients and their care teams. These strategies can also apply to other target groups, as long as...
ChatGPT vs. Custom Bots: Digital Health’s Best Bet
Chatbots have emerged as valuable tools in the realm of digital health. While off-the-shelf AI models like Open’s AI’s ChatGPT, offer impressive capabilities, their usage should be approached with caution. This blog post delves into the potential dangers of using ChatGPT in digital health and...
MEMOTEXT Literature Summary Update for 2023
MEMOTEXT co-created solutions featured in 3 peer-reviewed publications in 2023! At MEMOTEXT we pride ourselves in co-creating and validating digital patient engagement communications and digital therapeutics (DTx) with our partners. 2023 has been a great year for us and our partners in Canada and the...
Igniting Engagement: Peer Support Workers as Digital Health Champions
Digital health technologies have become a promising way to identify, assess and treat mental health conditions. These technologies have the potential to address many of the existing barriers that accompany traditional mental health treatments and extend care to those without access. Many of these technologies...
The MEMOTEXT Top10 Digital Patient Engagement Best Practices
Working with our provider, academic and clinical, pharmacy and employer clients, we have been learning and capturing best practices in digital patient engagement. Here’s a sneak peek at our top 10 list of best practices we’ve been working on. Co-Design: Working with our product developers,...
Georgian College enhances student mental health support with secure co-designed peer-to-peer Live Chat.
To enhance access to varied mental health support within a stepped care model, Georgian’s Mental Health and Well-being (MHWB) team worked with MEMOTEXT to co-design elements of a digital live-chat application to accommodate needs of peer-to-peer (P2P) mental health support and meet security and workflow...
MEMOTEXT and CAMH Awarded Funding from OBIO’s Early Adopter Health Network to Trial
Jan 26, 2023 (Toronto, ON) – MEMOTEXT Corp., North America’s leading platform for digital patient engagement co-creation has partnered with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) with help from the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO®) through its Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN™) to...
MEMOTEXT, The University of British Columbia developing Indigenous Elder-led app to support parents’ Two-Eyed Seeing for parenting
Led by Elders of Syilx Nation and in collaboration with Interior Health Authority, a research team, and community service providers, MEMOTEXT is developing an app based on the SmartParent program developed by a UBC team of experts in maternal and child health led by Drs....
MEMOTEXT and Vanderbilt University Medical Center announce co-commercialization of a validated, accessible digital SMS text engagement program for at-risk Type 2 Diabetes populations.
Toronto, October 31, 2022 – MEMOTEXT Corporation and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have successfully reached an agreement to make the Rapid Education And Communications for Health (REACH) text messaging program commercially available. The REACH program validated in a long-term study provides support, education, encouragement...
A4i BetaKit Podcast: Can an app be medicine?
Amos Adler and Dr. Sean Kidd had an amazing opportunity to sit down with the BetaKit podcast to discuss digital therapeutics and where A4i fits in in the current healthcare landscape. If you’re interested in digital health and learning more about digital therapeutics and our...