Scene Health

Scene Health, formerly known as emocha Health, is a medication engagement company that was founded in 2014 as a spin-off from Johns Hopkins University. The company offers a mobile app and network of health professionals to improve medication adherence among patients. The company's platform utilizes video Directly Observed Therapy (DOT), which the CDC has endorsed as equivalent to in-person DOT for tuberculosis treatment. Its MedEngagement program leverages personalized asynchronous video engagement to help patients take their medication properly every day.

The company's solution serves patients with various chronic and infectious conditions, including diabetes, asthma, tuberculosis, hypertension, and solid organ transplants. Scene Health's app connects users with a team of pharmacists, nurses, and health coaches through daily video check-ins. Patients record videos of themselves taking medications and describe how they're feeling, while the care team responds with guidance and explains any medication errors. This approach aims to prevent unnecessary healthcare costs, hospitalizations, and deaths related to medication non-adherence.

Key customers and partnerships

As of April 2023, Scene Health had impacted more than 200,000 lives with over 40 million engagements through its 360° model of care.

In March 2024, Scene Health expanded its partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, one of the country's largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations, to support Medicaid beneficiaries in Maryland. The collaboration, which originally began in 2018, had successfully offered Scene's program to over 10,000 Medicaid members. Scene Health and CareFirst expanded their partnership to provide eligible members with asthma, hypertension, and/or type two diabetes access to Scene's MedEngagement program.