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New study from Voy shows that patients taking a GLP-1 drug who engaged with coaching sessions and app-based support over the course of 12 months achieved a 30% higher relative body weight loss compared to those using medication alone. (London, January 15, 2026) Voy, the digital health provider, has announced the publication of a new study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research analyzing the efficacy of a GLP-1 drug for achieving weight loss results in patients who engage regularly with a supporting coaching program compared to patients who rely on the medication alone. The large-scale study examined the progress of over 126,000 UK-based Voy patientsRead More →

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User engagement is essential for the success of eHealth apps, yet effective engagement remains a persistent challenge. A new approach to addressing this problem has been proposed in November 2022 in a viewpoint published by JMIR Publications in the Interactive Journal of Medical Internet Research. In their publication titled “A New Approach to Enhancing Engagement in eHealth Apps,” Dr Oakley-Girvan and Dr Docherty from Medable Inc. propose a three-phase conceptual model to optimize user (patient) engagement with eHealth apps and comment on how the knowledge gleaned from psychosocial, behavioral, and cognitive science can be incorporated into this model to enhance user engagement. According to theRead More →