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Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Workit Health, Handspring Health, Landmark Recovery, Monument, Tempest
May 13, 2022

Press Release

Workit Health becomes the first telehealth company to launch clinical support for stimulant use disorder
May 10, 2022

The Business Journals

As companies put more focus on wellness, many are missing a key ingredient

May 2, 2022

Tampa Bay Times

In a deadly drug epidemic, harm reduction saves lives


April 25, 2022

Hour Detroit

Ann Arbor Startup Workit Health Is on Its Way to Unicorn Status

April 12, 2022

Fortune

Female-founded unicorns quadrupled last year—but made up just 15% of billion-dollar companies
April 11, 2022

Authority Magazine

Lisa McLaughlin On How Workit Health’s Technology Can Make An Important Impact On Our Overall Wellness
April 4, 2022

Forbes

America’s Best Startup Employers


March 8, 2022

STAT

Doctors, companies push to keep looser, pandemic-era rules for prescribing opioid addiction treatment via telemedicine
March 7, 2022

American Hospital Association

6 Digital Health Startups to Watch in 2022

February 1, 2022

The Tech Startup

2022 Best Tech Startups in Ann Arbor


January 25, 2022

Morgan County Citizen

New virtual addiction and mental health treatment service available to Georgians

January 19, 2022

Amherst New Era Progress

Workit Health clinic provides virtual addiction and mental health care across Virginia

January 19, 2022

Today Show

How 2 friends are helping people with addiction receive help

January 11, 2022

MobiHealth News

Digital health companies rake in $28.4B in 2021


January 11, 2022

PitchBook

An exceptional year for female founders still means a sliver of VC funding

January 10, 2022

Martech Series

X4Impact Names Top-Ranked Impact Tech Solutions


January 7, 2022

Startup Nation

Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022


December 11, 2021

Crains Detroit

How Michigan Can Get Its Next Crop of Unicorns


November 15, 2021

Endeavor Detroit

Startup to Scaleup: Workit Health


November 15, 2021

The Daily Beast

How COVID-19 Unleashed a New Way to Fight Opioid Addiction

November 4, 2021

Fierce Healthcare

CVS, BCBS venture funds back Workit Health's $118M round to expand virtual addiction treatment platform
October 27, 2021

Modern Healthcare

Mobile addiction treatment draws investor flurry


October 24, 2021

Crain Detroit

Taking addiction treatment mobile draws investor flurry


October 24, 2021

MobiHealth News

Workit Health lands $118M for its digital tool focused on substance use disorder


October 22, 2021

Insight Partners

Behind the Investment: Workit Health — Expanding Addiction Care Virtually Through an App
October 22, 2021

Detroit Premier Business Journal

Workit Health in Ann Arbor Closes $118M Funding Round

October 21, 2021

World Economic Forum

3 ways social innovators are driving systemic change, from creating sustainable fashion to supporting refugees
October 18, 2021

Colorado Biz

Colorado Companies to Watch 2021: The Helpers


October 5, 2021

Business Wire

Ann Arbor SPARK’s FastTrack Awards Honor 18 Companies for Significant, Consistent Growth
October 4, 2021

Crains Detroit Business

UWM's Ishbia among 7 Michigan entrepreneurs honored by Ernst & Young

August 5, 2021

Geek Wire

Life After COVID: Navigating Your Healthcare Journey


July 20, 2021

Worth

How To Better Your Mental Health As An Entrepreneur


May 20, 2021

Ann Arbor Spark

How Mobility Innovation and Policies Benefit Public Health


May 19, 2021

Purpose.Jobs

14 Digital Health Companies To Know


May 6, 2021

Concentrate

New internship program helps underrepresented students find "a place in tech" at Ann Arbor companies
April 21, 2021

World Economic Forum

6 ways social innovators are harnessing 4IR technologies for social change

April 1, 2021

Ann Arbor Spark

Business expansions bring high-wage jobs, new investments to Ann Arbor region
March 31, 2021

World Economic Forum

Digital rehab is helping tackle America’s opioid crisis. Here’s how

February 8, 2021

Mobihealthnews

Contributed: Digital health and opioid use disorder


January 29, 2021

Second Wave Media

In COVID-19 pandemic, Ann Arbor-based Workit Health finds opportunity to combat opioid epidemic
January 6, 2021

Press Over the Years

World Economic Forum: Experts explain how to manage mental wellbeing during COVID-19. April 1, 2020

NPR: Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction. April 20, 2020

Psych Congress: Telemedicine Program Seeks to Remove All Barriers to OUD Medication. April 21, 2020

Inlander: Premera Blue Cross expands telehealth services for mental health and substance use disorder. April 22, 2020

Filter Mag: How the Pandemic Is Restricting Health Options for People Who Use Drugs. April 22, 2020

JAMA Network: Treating Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in Their Homes An Emerging Treatment Model​. May 27, 2020

Alaska Business: Workit Health’s Digital Addiction Care Expands to Washington and Alaska. July 15, 2020

New York Times: Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Addiction. August 4, 2020

23ABC Interview: Founders of Workit Health explain using telemedicine to help with substance abuse recovery. August 14, 2020

ABC News: Telehealth resources for people struggling with substance use disorders during the pandemic. September 4, 2020

Click On Detroit: Regional companies celebrated for remarkable growth at annual a2Tech360 FastTrack Awards. September 21, 2020

HIT Consultant: Digital Behavioral Health: Addressing The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Crisis. October 5, 2020

Politico: Maintaining telehealth’s momentum. December 7, 2020

Fortune: Workit Health, a digital rehab startup, raises $12 million. December 15, 2020

Fortune: How to make mental health care more accessible to women. December 15, 2020

Click on Detroit: Ann Arbor’s Workit Health raises $12 million in Series B funding round. December 16, 2020

BCBS ProgressHealth: Taking addiction care online. 2019

Deutsche Welle: Social entrepreneurship: ‘A new breed of leader’. January 10, 2019

Click on Detroit: A4 Minutes Episode 7: Workit Health Co-founder Lisa McLaughlin. June 25, 2019

Forbes: How Equal Access To Social And Human Capital Would Add Up To $5 Trillion To The Global Economy. July 31, 2019

The Bold Italic: Can Tech Help Battle the Opioid Epidemic? August 7, 2019

JAMA Network: Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Use Disorder in Rural Areas. August 28, 2019

National Institute on Drug Abuse: With NIDA’s Help, Startups Translate Addiction Science into New Technologies. October 9, 2019

Business Insider: These 5 digital health startups are trying to expand access to treatments and halt the crisis. October 17, 2019

The Wall Street Journal: Startups Offer Apps, Digital Tools to Provide Addiction Care. October 30, 2019

Forbes: The Tech Startup Bringing Addiction Recovery To the Workplace Through Science and Design. May 31, 2017

WIRED: Addiction Rehab Is Broken, Can Technology Fix It? April 1, 2018

Bridge Magazine: Taking addiction care online. May 16, 2018

Diablo Magazine: Workit Health Rethinks Recovery. July 27, 2018

Workit Health's exercises are based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, two techniques that research suggests work better than the 12-step approach.
Workit Health is making medication for OUD more accessible by providing online therapy and both buprenorphine and naltrexone via telehealth.
For people who have a hard time navigating their insurance portals to find information, Workit Health provides telemedicine triage, steering people to the right services.
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November 23, 2021

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