February 4, 2016 http://www.salusdigital.co.uk/sanagate-insurance-and-dacadoo-announce-cooperation-in-switzerland/
Sanagate insurance and dacadoo announce cooperation in Switzerland Luzerne and Zurich, Switzerland – Sanagate AG, an independent subsidiary of CSS Insurance, and dacadoo AG announce their strategic cooperation in the field of digital health prevention. Sanagate will add the dacadoo digital and mobile health platform to their offering. Sanagate provides health insurance in Switzerland since 2009 and is known as an online insurance specifically for alternative insurance models and its simple handling of insurance matters. Sanagate is an independent subsidiary of CSS insurance with administrative headquarters in Lucerne. The online insurer is making the next step in the digital health prevention for their customers and adds the mobile health platform of the Swiss company dacadoo to their offering. dacadoo offers a comprehensive digital and mobile health platform which enables individuals to track their health and well-being in an easy and
fun way, using motivation techniques from online games, social features and personalized feedback to engage participants to stay active and adopt a healthier lifestyle.
our offering to this target group fits and is well received. ”
The dacadoo mobile health engagement solution enables individuals to track, manage and benchmark their Both companies plan to launch the health in an easy and fun way on their combined, integrated solution in the smartphones. dacadoo calculates a next few months in Switzerland. personal Health Score, a scientifical“We need to do something about the ly calculated number from 1 (low) to widespread lack of exercise and I am 1,000 (high). The score works as an therefore very pleased that we will be indicator and moves up or down in reoffering the dacadoo health platform al-time, depending on how body valuto our insured. The platform uses a es, emotional wellbeing and lifestyle playful approach in motivating indivi- (exercise, nutrition, stress and sleep) duals to exercise more and sharpens change. To remain active, motivation the awareness of the importance of techniques from behavioral science one’s own health at the same time”, and online games, social features and explains Volker Schmidt, CEO of personalized feedback are applied. Sanagate. Peter Ohnemus, Founder and CEO of dacadoo, adds: “The stra- The award-winning company is builtegic cooperation in Switzerland with ding strategic relationships with key Sanagate is very promising for us. industries to bring the patented HeAs an online provider, Sanagate has alth Score solution to the global health a customer base that is open to new and well-being market. technologies. We are convinced that