DailyFeats uses technology to help people make small, daily changes
Self-service & system-provided health care have gotten a real leg up, thanks to advances in technology. DailyFeats is one example. Through the website, the DailyFeats app, the Jawbone UP™ wristband & even foursquare, DailyFeats has figured out how to use technology to help people make change.
- DailyFeats joined the Co Health tweet chat on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 for a discussion on how this technology company is using multiple platforms to engage people in making small changes on a daily basis.In a nutshell, DailyFeats is all about engagement. And what they want to do is engage you - the consumer, the employee, the family member, the friend - in all aspects of global well-being. DailyFeats focus is not simply on the usual suspects: exercising more, eating better and smoking cessation. They want to remind you to engage in the little things that are important in your life - reading a book to your child before she goes to sleep, hugging a friend and finding moments of gratitude.DailyFeats combines social media with partners like the Jawbone UP™, Walgreens and a variety of insurance companies. The DailyFeats side of the partnership is to stimulate interest in making small changes in targeted audiences and, hopefully, extend that initial interest into long-term engagement. The partners hope that this interest and engagement will transition into outcomes that are meaningful to the individual partners. For some partners that could be decreased health care utilization and costs. For others it could be increased employee productivity (measured in a way, again, that is important to that individual partner).So far, the largest user group of DailyFeats is females between 25 and 50 years of age, including "lots of moms." Favorite activities are getting up early, eating fruits and vegetables, hugging people, working out and showing gratitude for the small things in life.DailyFeats uses a variety of platforms to meet people where they are. These can include the Daily Feats website, SMS and the DailyFeats app.The DailyFeats platform continues to evolve. New enhancements may contain goals that involve lots of people such as training for a marathon or triathlon.Our thanks again to Veer Gidwaney and Sara Hopson of DailyFeats for joining this month's Co Health tweet chat.
Next Co Health Tweet Chat: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 12 noon EDT
Creating the Engaged Health Consumer
Guest: Seth Cohen, Senior Director of Sales, Castlight Health
Employers, insurers and the U.S. government need individuals to step up and act as health care consumers. Join us as we talk with Castlight about the challenge of being a health care consumer, given the lack of price transparency and information on quality.- What follows is an annotated transcript from this Co Health tweet chat:
- Hi there! Welcome to #co_health chat. This is @femelmed behind the wheel. We're delighted to have @veergid from @dailyfeats w/us. #co_health
- Here's a link to the questions for today's Co Health tweet chat:
- While people are joining us, I'd like to ask @veergid and @sahopson from @dailyfeats to introduce themselves. #co_health
- Hi! This is Carol Harnett. I'm a speaker, writer and consultant on health, absence and employee benefits. #co_health
- Sara from @DailyFeats here - manager of community engagement at @DailyFeats. Glad to participate in the chat about #co_health
- Hi all! I'm Sarah, I work as a Wellness Coordinator for a trust fund in Western WA. #co_health
- Hey all, Peter in Chicago here representing Critical Mass digital marketing. Interested in workplace wellness for self and client #co_health
- I'm Steven Schwartz, @fitlinxx, manager of online marketing, interested in how technology can improving health and #wellbeing #co_health
- Hi, I'm Greg Matthews. I'm a healthcare communicator who's into new ways of helping people live healthy. #co_health
- Elle here, community manager for #FHBC12. Our conference this yr is geared to effectively communicating health&wellness via web. #co_health
- Hi I'm Naimul, I'm into health innovation and I'm going to try to participate in this for the first time #co_health
- Let's start with Q1: dailyfeats’ mission is to help people live better. what exactly does that mean? #co_health
- Re:Q1 The world is facing big problems. To start fixing them we want to focus on small positive actions people can do everyday #co_health
- @carolharnett #co_health They can vary, but the concept is that you can feel successful ab & celebrate w/a little bit of effort each day
- Q2: since technology's our focus, how is technology an enabler here, helping people to feel successful and celebrate? #co_health
- Q2 #co_health Socmed + #tech allow us to leverage strong voices of partners like @Walgreens @jawbone @Cigna to reach the most ppl #co_health
- #co_health Also through integrations w/@foursquare @jawbone UP band & location-based reminders on iPhone help









