Cigna launches virtual health app

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Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (Cigna) is launching Cigna Virtual Health, a personalised well-being app that provides tools and coaching to proactively manage people's health on the go.

Key features include a symptom checker, virtual GP appointments, and prescriptions delivered to the workplace or home for convenience to fit around busy lives.  Health numbers can be stored on the app and activity trackers can be synced to help track health improvement and progress. Phil Austin, managing director at Cigna, said: "It goes without saying that healthier people drive a healthier business. Employees are looking for a health partner to change market dynamics and push boundaries.  "We need to move beyond only treating employees when they're unwell; Cigna Virtual Health is...

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