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More than 30% of Calm users who finish a clinical program report a measurable reduction in their anxiety and depression scores.
For high-cost patients, using Calm's programs is associated with a 10% to 12% reduction in overall healthcare spending.
The Calm app has been downloaded over 200 million times.
Calm serves over 5,000 employers as enterprise customers.
Calm has established partnerships with 10 healthcare payer organizations.
According to David Ko, a notable user trend is young adults, particularly females, turning to apps like Calm after having negative experiences on social media.
Calm's CEO, David Ko, views the app as a supplement to traditional therapy rather than a replacement for it.
Calm's product strategy involves a tiered approach to mental healthcare, where the app is used for low-acuity needs, supplements professional care for medium-acuity needs, and facilitates referrals for high-acuity needs.
The Carnegie institution is undertaking a project, internally referred to as the "human skill genome," to create a detailed taxonomy of durable skills and their developmental progression.
A key strategic objective for the Carnegie institution is to better align the structure and curriculum of the U.S. education system with the needs of employers.