What you need to know

HappySneeze is a digital, first-line intervention providing education, guidance, and support that can help reduce Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) in women. It is delivered via a friendly mobile app and it counts on continuous support from a Nurse via chat or email.

Physical Therapy (PT) is the Standard of Care for Stress Urinary Incontinence. However, most people do not have access to PT because of a number of reasons, among them: 

• Lack of awareness

• Specialist shortages, resulting in long wait times to get a visit 

• Distance to see a specialist and/or lack of transportation

• Unaffordability of copays

• Under or no insurance coverage

• And in general, an appointment-based model that is hard for parents of babies and young children to adhere to and complete

As a result, most people, especially in BIPOC and Rural communities,  will not get timely care. Currently, 1 in 2 women has urinary incontinence, and 1 in 5 will have incontinence surgery in their lifetime.

Adherence to treatment is the strongest predictor of efficacy in Pelvic Floor rehabilitation. Our model uses three strategies to maximize adherence:

1. Provider-prescribed: treatment initiation rates after screening are 5X higher for provider-referred users than for users arriving from online searches or social media.

2. Functional approach: in the HappySneeze program, rehabilitation exercises are integrated into everyday activities that we call Happy Habits,  such as lifting children, toileting, and sitting o standing. This promotes regular practice vs. isolated exercises, fitness-oriented programs, or devices such as vaginal probes, biofeedback or TENS.

3. Support from a Nurse: who tracks attendance, prevents disengagement, and provides compassionate support to users.

The program has been tested with 140+ users and growing. These are the key metrics: 

• 56% of users complete the 40-days of the Rehabilitation program

• 5.5 points reduction in the ICIQ-SF index, considered clinically significant

• 60% of users “get to dry”, achieving an ICIQ-SF score < than 3 points

• 96% of users who complete the program report an improvement in their Quality of Life

• Health Equity: HappySneeze can help you provide access to care for clients that do not have the option to get treatment from a Physical Therapist. 

• Revenue: with more aware and educated clients, it can also increase follow-up visits for pelvic health care.

• Lower Cost of Care: incontinence and pelvic floor disorders, in general, have a quantifiable impact on physical and mental health. Early, proactive treatment can help decrease the cost of care.

• Health Equity: HappySneeze can help you provide access to care for clients that do not have the option to get treatment from a Physical Therapist. 

• Lower no-show rate: HappySneeze can take care of lower-complexity SUI cases and provide care for clients with practical reasons to miss appointments. This allows you to prioritize higher-complexity, higher-margin cases for in-person care.

• Revenue: with more aware and educated clients, it can also increase follow-up visits for pelvic health care.

HappySneeze works as one more service in your Practice that your clients can get from you. Upon becoming part of our Provider Network, you can refer qualifying clients, who pay for the service directly.

Get in touch with us at hello@happysneeze.com and we will be happy to meet with you, learn about your Practice, and discuss the model that can work best for you and your clients.

Contact us at hello@happysneeze.com to discuss pricing. As part of our commitment to Health Equity, we can provide HappySneeze at a lower cost for Medicaid or uninsured users.