Forbes: The Empathy Equation—How Pyx Is Rewriting Access To Mental Health

When Cindy and Anne Jordan’s daughter Rylie confided that “no one understands me,” it was a moment that altered the course of the Jordans’ lives. Rylie’s overdose during the pandemic gave the lifelong partners the painful clarity that the problem wasn’t just mental illness. It was isolation. By early 2025, surveys indicated that between one-third and more […]

Managed Healthcare Executive: Defeating Loneliness

It is well documented that loneliness—the discrepancy between the number and quality of relationships that one desires and those one actually has—dramatically increases the risk for mental and physical disease. Loneliness contributes to a wide range of conditions, including dementia, heart disease and stroke…

A Tucson Startup Tackles The Loneliness Epidemic

Cindy Jordan is neither a psychologist nor a techie, but she founded a company in 2017 that blends elements of both: Pyx Health. Based in Tucson, Arizona, the startup contracts with insurers to identify and alleviate loneliness among at-risk members through an app and a call center. “To me, this is just about the straight line between…