gWell Develops A Smart Health App Led By Genomics And DNA Testing

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Below is our recent interview with Jennifer Ramella, Marketing director at gWell:

Q: What is gWell?

A: gWell is a digital health, genomics, and wellness company focused on improving the musculoskeletal (bones, muscles, joints) health and wellness of individuals. We combine analysis of your DNA, medical history, goals, fitness, type of work, and activity to produce a personalized wellness plan. gWell’s platform is powered by AI and was developed by an experienced team of clinicians, behavioral scientists, and genomic data scientists. gWell is available to individual subscribers (either directly or following a referral from a clinician) and to group subscribers, including employer-sponsored plans.

Q: Any highlights on your recent announcement?

A: Our mission is critical to the strategic direction of the company: to empower people of every socioeconomic and health status to take charge of their personal well-being by transforming access to health care and medical advancements, and to utilize genomics to reshape and improve wellness.

After completion of a successful pilot with both physical therapy clinics and individual users, gWell is excited to bring this smarter wellness platform to the market.

Q: Can you give us more insights into your offering?

A: Individuals can enroll in a 14-day free trial or purchase an annual gWell subscription that includes DNA analysis, use of gWell’s focused onboarding and goal-setting process, a personalized gWellness plan, and an initial telewellness visit.

The DNA analysis uses gWell’s carefully validated and curated panel of DNA variants relevant to musculoskeletal health and wellness. As new genomic science emerges and is incorporated into gWell’s panel, each individual’s DNA analysis will be updated accordingly, resulting in periodic updates to their results plan.

The goal-setting process is designed by gWell’s multidisciplinary clinical team with extensive professional experience in musculoskeletal health wellness: orthopedics, sportsmedicine, physical therapy, behavioral mental health, nutrition, pain management, wellness, fitness coaching, and genetics/genomics. This resulting process allows gWell to hyper-personalize each subscriber’s wellness plan and other app-delivered clinical content.

During the included telewellness visit, subscribers can further discuss and integrate their DNA results into their gWellness plan, discuss plan specifics and composition with their coach, and ask questions to determine if an ongoing coaching relationship makes sense in their specific case.

gWell provides a web portal and dashboards to referring clinicians, where they can view users’ progress and results (if and when those users have explicitly granted consent).

Q: What can we expect from your company in the next 6 months? What are your plans?

A: In the coming months, gWell will be bringing on more telewellness coaches to meet demand, and adding Health gWellness episodes. Health gWellness episodes will include a series of programs to help subscribers navigate through some of the most common musculoskeletal health and wellness issues and scenarios, such as moderate or serious injury recovery, chronic joint pain management, and optimizing outcomes after joint or back surgery.

Q: What is the best thing about your company that people might not know about?

A: gWell has developed a strong set of values that influence everything we do, from platform development and business partnerships to our hiring practices and workplace environment.

We believe:

· it’s all about empowering individuals,

· prevention is key,

· small steps lead to big change.

We are committed to:

· data and research,

· privacy,

· inclusivity.