Insurance firmlaunches health app

Users to get free health- risk assessment, consultation with specialists in real time

Anew health and well- being app launched by an international health insurance company will not only provide online health coaching and advice but also direct access to specialist doctors via their global tele- health consulting feature.

It is one of the onlyhealth insurance company- created apps catering to its select clients at no extra cost.

Cigna InsuranceMiddle East’s well- being appwas launched on Monday and is available to all its 100,00 insurance subscribers in the Middle East, many of whom live in the UAE.

Giving details of the app, Art Cozad, CEO of Cigna Insurance Middle East, told GulfNews: “The app has three aspects. First, the app user gets a free health- risk assessment which is very detailed with 34 questions related to various aspects of the user’s health that are asked. Once this is filled, the second aspect is a personalised health coaching that is patient- specific. The third and most interactive is the telehealth aspect where inpatients can consult specialists via the app for issues that are happening in real time.”

Cozad said the “tele- health consultants” are health care providers from across time zones, available 24/ 7.