Kip (YC W16) is using data to make therapy better for patients and therapists

Re:Kip (YC W16) is using data to make therapy better for pat... by anandkulkarni on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @03:16PM (#14150821)

I've referred a few folks to Kip who were looking for a therapist after struggling to find one elsewhere (in one case, I downloaded the app on their phone and just sent the person to the first meeting). So far, they're reporting positive things about the app and the experience.

One of the interesting things that Kip solves is discovery: it seems like they have a roster of prequalified therapists who follow evidence-based strategies. That's pretty interesting – the basic process of finding a qualified therapist who's a good fit via the usual methods (Google, asking people) isn't easy.

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Re:Kip (YC W16) is using data to make therapy better for pat... by erinfrey on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @04:03PM (#14151257)

Yep–we have a really high bar for therapists. We also look at outcomes data (de-identified, in aggregate) and can use that to evaluate therapist performance over time.

There was a really cool article in the Atlantic a couple weeks about why outcomes data is so crucial to making therapy more effective. It mentions an study where they used outcomes data to see which therapists treated clients more effectively: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/what-yo...

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