Behavioral Health Business August 6, 2025
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Treating serious mental illnesses (SMI) is still a task in the behavioral health industry that not all providers want to engage in or feel comfortable navigating, but the growing popularity of wearables and their enhanced capabilities could make that easier.
Currently, about 41% of adults in the U.S. and Canada own and use wearable devices. U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make the use of these technologies even more widespread, too.
During a June 24 hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Kennedy said his goal is “that every American is wearing a wearable within four years.” He plans to accomplish this via “one of the...
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