by ellen | Dec 18, 2020 | News
Embracing family and human connections are the most critical keys to staying well — and that includes the Pyx family. The connection I have to my staff cannot really be explained because it goes so far beyond the fact that we work together. Every day I see that I am...
by ellen | Dec 10, 2020 | News
Health technology may help patients struggling with loneliness. Loneliness costs, and loneliness kills. It is well documented that loneliness—the discrepancy between the number and quality of relationships that one desires and those one actually has—dramatically...
by ellen | Sep 22, 2020 | News
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered people in their homes, Tucson entrepreneurs Cindy and Anne Jordan launched a tech startup in 2017 to address health problems stemming from loneliness and isolation.Now the pandemic has brought those issues to the fore, and...
by ellen | Sep 22, 2020 | News
TUCSON (KVOA) – The COVID-19 Pandemic has not only brought on physical issues but emotional and mental problems as well. One-third of adults are chronically lonely. It is hard to identify members who are suffering – unlike diabetes, there is no “test” for loneliness....
by ellen | Jul 16, 2020 | News
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...
by ellen | Jun 13, 2020 | News
When Banner Health Network (BHN) was vying for a spot in Arizona’s revamped $14 billion managed Medicaid program, the integrated health care system knew it needed something innovative to meet the state’s expectations for merging physical and behavioral health...
