HappySneeze

As with any therapeutics, #DigitalTherapeutics need to be proven effective for adoption by healthcare providers. At HappySneeze, efficacy has been our #1 priority since we started the company. Women like myself, we are too busy to spend our time on a program that does not work. Today, we are publishing the results of a #pilotstudy on the white paper "The impact of a mobile health therapeutic intervention utilizing pelvic floor muscle training with women with stress/mixed urinary incontinence" authored by - Grace Chen, MD at Johns Hopkins Medicine - Rameet Singh, MD, at Holycross Hospital - and Lisa Kane Low CNM, PhD at the University of Michigan The white paper discusses the efficacy and adherence of HappySneeze, as well as its potential contribution to closing the #healthequity gap in pelvic care thanks to providing affordable, at-home access to care. We want to thank Lalitha P. Chandrashekhar. Michelle DiNicolas, PhD and Sarah Baxter, of PFG MedComm, whose generous grant awarded through the FemTech Lab accelerator program made this white paper possible. We also want to thank Roser Corominas PhD for providing statistical analysis and Gemma Vidal Pedrola, PhD for guiding us through the final layout and editing of the white paper. You can download the white paper from our website. We look forward to hearing your thoughts about it!

HappySneeze will be at the StartUp day by Esade Alumni and Banco Sabadell ?? . I will be presenting HappySneeze along with fellow founders OLGA RUE CLAROS of Nema-Health and @Anthony Perez of Payli. Are you joining us? We will love to meet you at Esade in #Barcelona on November 14. Sign up here! https://lnkd.in/dp2TmqMu #startup #founder #femalefounder #womenshealth #medtech

"#PelvicPhysicalTherapy is white, rich woman's medicine." A well-known #urogynecologist literally told me this not long ago. Now, we have the data that confirms her assertion. In the article "Geographic Access to Urogynecology Care in the United States," published in the journal Urogynecology this past October 2024, the authors found that only 2.47% of zip codes in the continental US have one or more pelvic PTs. While #telehealth has somehow increased access, the reality is that what is considered the standard of care poses too high a burden in terms of travel and cost for real-life women actually to benefit from. 1 in 2 women suffer from #urinaryincontinence, a disorder preventable and treatable with at-home exercises, and 1 in 5 goes through pelvic surgery in their lifetime; it's time to say the standard of care, PT, is ineffective as a first-line intervention. We need high-access, effective treatment modalities for uncomplicated cases (the vast majority) that make it possible for women to recover from home. I also encourage family doctors, OBGYNs, and UROGYNs to explore rigorous digital options as recovery strategies for their patients. And if you still think that incontinence isn't such a biggie, ask yourself: What would we do if 1 in 2 men peed their pants on the daily? Lisa Kane Low Rameet Singh Oriol Porta Helen Ledwick Wendy Powell Melody Roberts Carine Carmy Dr. Aziza Sesay Michelle Norton-Hughes Kelly Newton Katie Weathers Leila Thabet Pamela Fairchild Joan de Santiago Bayona Sílvia Vinyes Roca

Today, I hit the end of #ChatGPT ?? While trying to organize preliminary insights from the 1,000 interviews between 20-year-olds and the women in?#midlife?in their lives from?#TheSurgeProject, I used this?#prompt?(literal) : ?????????????????? ?????? ???????????????????? ???? ???????? ???????? ????????????????????, ?? ???????? ?? ???????????? ???? 100 ?????? ?????????????????? ?????? ????????????????, ?????????? ?? ???????? ?????? ???? ?? ??????????????????????. ?? ?????????? ???????? ?????? ???????????? ?? ???????? ?????? ???? ???????? ???????? ???????????????? ?????????????????? And I got this image. You gotta appreciate the new age vibe ?? Any suggestions for an #AI speradsheet-to- #mindmap tool? Back next week. Have a super #weekend, I hope everyone in this amazing #femalefounder community switches off, gets great #sleep, and and enjoys the time with loved ones ??

Today, I am introducing #TheSurgeProject, an initiative to invent a new narrative for #midlife and #menopause based on our research at HappySneeze. When we founded HappySneeze, we set out to give #newmothers an early intervention to recover from #postpartumincontinence, but the data showed that our most successful users were in midlife. Higher treatment initiation and completion rates. Lower incontinence overall. We met them. They are curious. Proactive. Open-minded. Powerful women. Then, I hit #perimenopause myself. The symptoms are hard. But the hardest part was the negative narrative around it. It didn't match who I was. We set on a quest to understand the experiences of menopause around the world. We asked college students worldwide to interview the women in midlife in their lives. We got 1,000 interviews back. Yes, 1,000. #TheSurgeProject is our sandbox to make sense of this data and build a new narrative that matches the power we, women in midlife, have in the real world. Today is Day 1. Follow me Laura Vidal Borrell or sign up for updates on our website (see comments). And of course, DM if you want to work together. Karina Vazirova Katia Lang Slater Kate Nikityuk Tatiana Klimanova Tatiana Escobar-Peake Silvia Sarroca Pallé Iolanda Garcia Pascual Iolanda Montserrat Mayra Hurtado ?? Adriana Rubio Alessia Rullo Paula Comes Ahedo Sin Reglas Gabriela Rojas Jiménez Mireia Roca Oriol Porta Andrea Barri Kelly Newton Joan de Santiago Bayona Montse Virgili Treig Helen Ledwick Núria Coll Carme Pratdepàdua Bufill Yolanda Portero Elisenda Serra Masip Susana Salvatierra Cristina Garrido Paqui Lizana? MBA, MTH Jannine Versi Diana Nancy Contreras, MD MPH Maura Graff Suzanne Vernazza Mary Claire Haver, MD Joanna Strober Dr. Aziza Sesay Dr Michelle Griffin

What is "the vulva"? Yes, at HappySneeze, we are asked this question quite a bit. When we were asked the first time, I was WHAT?!?!? A vulva is a vulva, not a "hoo ha" (see image, it's a real email), or a "down there". But as we were replying to the question, we realized that we were "meeting our customer where she was." ? ? ? A-HA moment ? ? ? Meeting our customers where they are. Easy right? This phrase gets thrown around a lot in digital health and I guess in any other innovative industry where we want users to change behaviors and eventually adopt our product. ??♀? But... do we really understand what it means in real life? ?? I will be sharing practical examples in these next few days trying to build to a set of principles, so if you are in the world of UX, Product-Market Fit, Message-Market Fit, or innovation in general, make sure to follow me Laura Vidal Borrell So example #1: What is the vulva? ? In this case, this is what we reply: " What is the vulva, great question! This is how wikipedia describes it ?? "In humans, the vulva (pl.: vulvas or vulvae) consists of the external female sex organs". Among friends, you probably call it just... pussy ??. In this exercise, it is what you will be able to see when using a mirror. Let me know if you have further questions! " So, the first principle in “finding a customer where they are” is to let go of your judgment, turn on your empathy, and reply to the question as if you were a good friend ??. The person is not more or less than you are, and their context is not better or worse than yours. Just different. I will be back in a few days with a second practical example that may resonate with all of us working with activist brands. ? Till then, ask yourself: is my language turning anyone off who may benefit from my product and help me accomplish my mission as a company? Shoutout to the Providers, Educators, and Brands breaking taboos around pelvic and sexual health (why is Jen Gunter not on Linkedin?!?!) Dr. Aziza Sesay Valentina Milanova ???? Mary Claire Haver, MD Suzanne Vernazza Angie Reidner CNM Michelle Norton-Hughes Shagun Maheshwari Laura-June C. Samantha Marshall Emma Rees Wendy Powell Lina Chan Hannah Samano Alice Pelton #femtech #womenshealth #ux #uxcopywriting #brand #branding #digitalhealth #healthequity

Aarushi Mittal?has been our summer intern, and before she goes back to?the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, as a sophomore, we want to give her a BIG THANKS! Aarushi came to us after completing an externship with Extern. She is passionate about the healthcare industry and aspires to be a Healthcare Legal Consultant. She has teamed up with us to research the women's health ecosystem to enable strategic partnerships with companies whose values align with ours. If you have intern-level projects in the Regulatory and Compliance space, you want to get in touch with Aarushi! Michael Guerrero Marlene Jia Monika Chadda Janine Swarbrick Bethany Corbin Alexandra Gonzalez Alba

What would we do as a society if 1 in 2 men were incontinent? You have no idea how many times we have had to explain that urinary incontinence is a pathology, not a "wellness issue". This is not because of a lack of health education, it is purely a gender bias issue. This bias puts us at a disadvantage in getting investment, grants, and speaking opportunities. It is not a serious enough issue. Now, when I flip the gender, then people start to listen. Then it becomes serious. This is why I now start my conversations with, "What would we do as a society if 1 in 2 men were incontinent?" A lot less explaining to do. Do you have similar stories? Pls share! #bias #genderbias #womenshealth #femalefounder

Fresh off the press: Bright news on the Digital Health/mHealth space! The Catalan Public Health System is creating a framework to make apps and digital services accessible to its 8M+ lives. This includes their own relational apps (read: your chart, appointments, prescriptions, etc) but also therapeutic apps created by 3rd parties. Today they have published the Best Practices Guide to Develop Health Assets for the Public Health System (Guia de Bones Pràctiques per desenvolupar actius digitals per a la ciutadania). Link in comments The guide provides a framework with the requirements to have apps and other digital services integrated (and covered!) by this public payer. All of us in Digital Health understand the need for structure and transparency when dealing with payers. Carme Pratdepàdua Bufill and team at TIC Salut Social Foundation, and Joan Guanyabens Yolanda Portero Elisenda Serra Masip thanks for your leadership in delivering this exhaustive and necessary work. This spirit of ecosystem and partnership is rare in this industry. Can't wait to see the impact this will make in providing equitable access to health and better outcomes for the citizens of Catalunya. #healthequity #accesstohealth #DTX #digitalhealth #publichealth

Developing a DTx or mHealth app? You want to attend this session ?? (sign up link in comments, streaming available) Learn about how the Catalan Public Health Systems is planning to promote digital solutions to provide equitable access to health in a live session with leaders and notable speakers (myself included ?? ) tomorrow, July 3, 10-12.30 pm, at 3 Sala d’Actes de l’Edifici Salvany?(Carrer Roc Boronat 81 de Barcelona). Ping me if you are attending, I will love to say hi! Sistema de Salut de Catalunya Carme Pratdepàdua Bufill María Jesús Salido Rojo Pere Guerrero Obis Meritxell Davins #healthcare #healthequity #femtech #healthtech #DTx