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When companies founded only by women raise a measly 2% of VC, it’s no surprise that self-doubt can be a common struggle for them. But Cindy Jordan overcame the imposter syndrome to create Pyx Health, a healthtech company that supports those struggling with loneliness.
Cindy and Anne Jordan run Pyx Health in honor of their daughter’s legacy, and landed at No. 558 on the 2023 Inc. 5000, with 1,054% revenue growth.
TT Capital Partners, a Bloomington, Minnesota-based private equity firm is stepping up to the table with a recent majority investment in Pyx Health, a Tucson, Arizona-based provider of technology and support that reduces loneliness.
In an op-ed published in Fortune, Pyx Health CEO and Co-Founder, Cindy Jordan, discusses how chronic loneliness rewires our brains, produces harmful inflammation, and fuels nearly every dangerous disease in the book.
Writing for the New York Times, Dr. Vivek H Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, discusses how we’ve become a lonely nation, and how we can fix that…..
In an op-ed published in University Business, Pyx Health CEO and Co-Founder, Cindy Jordan, discusses how higher education institutions must respond to the ongoing mental health crisis among their students.
Pyx Health’s Chief Program Officer, Terry Randolph, recently spoke with Katie Couric Media about how loneliness wreaks havoc on everything from heart health to how we experience social interactions…..
Terry Randolph, Chief Program Officer at Pyx Health, spoke to Jack Beresford of Newsweek for their article, “How America Lost Its Optimism”…
Whether we are healing from pandemic trauma, personal tragedy, or other mental or physical health challenges, travel has an ability to play a critical role in the recovery journey, research shows…..
Pyx Health CEO and Founder, Cindy Jordan, speaks to NPR about the promises – and challenges – of using AI to help solve for loneliness, social isolation, and more….
Pyx Health CEO and Founder, Cindy Jordan, writes for Forbes Business Council on the importance of finding the right COO….
Pyx Health CEO and Founder, Cindy Jordan, speaks to Authority Magazine for their interview series, “Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became a Founder…..
Pyx Health Founder and CEO, Cindy Jordan, shared her story with Motherly as a part of The Motherly Collective contributor network, where they showcase the stories, experiences and advice from brands, writers and experts who want to share their perspective with the Motherly community.
Pyx Health CEO and Founder, Cindy Jordan, writes for Forbes Business Council on how to turn an unsolvable problem into a successful business…
Pyx Health, which has developed a health-care software platform to address loneliness and isolation, ranked No. 1,160 with 559% growth.
Pyx Health is one of the 154 Arizona-based innovative companies that are driving the state’s economy, reflected in the state’s showing on the Inc. 5000 list for 2022.
Cindy Jordan is founder and CEO of Pyx Health — the first loneliness solution focused on helping the most vulnerable populations….
The Phoenix Business Journal is once again preparing to honor some of the Valley’s most selfless leaders in the health care industry…
We need an evolution of pharmacy practice that deeply appreciates the effects of loneliness and social isolation on medication adherence, writes Jenny Kirschner…
Empathy is the first must-have attribute or skill. Being emphatic is ingrained in the Pyx Health culture, and its why our approach is resonating so well. We’re not just going through the motions and building a widget, we care deeply about our cause and our patients and see technology as a lever in enhancing our…
Distancing has driven our national narrative for over a year. With guidance from the federal government down to local municipalities, we’ve constantly been encouraged to widen the space between ourselves and others—many times closing ourselves off entirely in quarantine, all in the name of public health…
While much of the technology being created around COVID-19 focuses on physical health, Pyx Health in Tucson is exploring some of the mental health issues that have surfaced, specifically loneliness and social isolation. Its mobile app features Pyxir, a “carebot” that provides 24/7 companionship…
Cindy Jordan loves her iPad, rides a Peloton and develops healthcare technology for a living, but she doesn’t consider herself a techie. “I hire tech people, but I am a problem solver,” Jordan said. “When I was 21, I was a police officer in a suburb of Washington, D.C. I learned a lot about solving problems and seeing through stuff to get to a resolution, and that is what I do.”…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 services…
Since COVID-19 reached pandemic status in mid-March, Medicare Advantage and other insurers have had to swap out many of their face-to-face interactions with members for telephonic and digital options. But for seniors who may be accustomed to visiting community centers…
Pyx Health, a healthcare IT startup created as a solution to the U.S. loneliness and social isolation epidemic, today announced it has completed a $1.8 million Series A4 round of financing led by Arizona Founders Fund, and entrepreneur Todd Davis, co-founder and former CEO of fraud protection giant, LifeLock…
The app stars a friendly chatbot named Pyxir who engages with users through jokes and questions. Its ambitious founder hopes the app can become the prescription for clinical loneliness…
When Todd Davis, co-founder and former CEO of LifeLock, kept hearing from colleagues about a new health care IT company, he reached out to its founder, Cindy Jordan. “Nobody seems to get in with Todd Davis, but some of the last co-investors in my first company kept talking to Todd about me,” said Jordan, founder of Tucson-based Pyx Health…