Bezyl®, Inc. a global, digital mental health company, announced that it is collaborating with Scout Clinical and Atlas Clinical Academy to enhance its personalized mental health digital app and support system to patients participating in clinical trials.
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Grounded within a secure communications platform, the Bezyl app makes it easier for patients to ask for help from friends, family, and caregivers, plus any other supportive sphere curated to each clinical trial. Additionally, it provides access to useful and easy-to-navigate resources and trainings specific to the patients’ needs – these now include Scout Clinical and Atlas Clinical Academy.
Bezyl’s aim is to strengthen the mental health of clinical participants, thus retain their participation in clinical trials, maintain treatment compliance, and even improve long-term follow-up after the treatment phase of a clinical trial has ended.
Founder and CEO of Bezyl®, Inc., Esther Howard, shared her personal inspiration behind the development of the Bezyl app: “When one of my best friends died of colon cancer, she talked openly about her struggle with mental health. She was about to die and leave her daughter without a mother and husband without a wife; she desperately needed the mental strength to make each of her final days the best possible. She told me the thing that would help her improve her mental health, would be if it was easier for her to ask for help from the people in her life, and if they knew how to offer help”. Moved by the words from her friend, Esther set out to simplify communication and make seeking and offering help easier and, in turn, build mental strength in a world that so desperately needs it.
As part of this new partnership, Scout Clinical will offer travel and patient reimbursement, and Atlas will build and house curated training for clinical trial participants as an option to include within the Bezyl mental health app.
“Esther’s story and her drive to improve access to mental health support for clinical trial participants and their care partners is contagious. From our first meeting I knew that Bezyl’s vision and goals were aligned with Scout and Atlas. We are proud to be a part of this initiative to improve the experience of clinical trial participants and increase awareness of the impact of participating in a trial on individual mental health.” – KimberLee Heidmann, Founder, Scout Clinical, President, Atlas Clinical Academy.