Scene Health

What Scene Health does

Scene Health, operating under the legal name emocha Mobile Health Inc., is a Delaware-incorporated digital health company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland (with a Brooklandville, MD mailing address). The company sells a video-based Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) platform that enables patients to asynchronously record themselves taking medication on a mobile app, after which trained reviewers (either the customer's clinicians or Scene's Video-Review Services consultants) evaluate the videos to verify adherence and surface side effects. The platform supports 20+ languages, works in low-connectivity settings, and captures Social Determinants of Health data to address root causes of nonadherence in Medicaid, Medicare, and other underserved populations.

The product surface is organized around the 'MedEngagement' approach, combining the emocha video DOT core with a human care team of pharmacists, nurses, and coaches, and is offered as modular solutions for health plans, public health departments, health systems, and clinical trials/research sponsors, plus condition-specific programs for hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and rural health. Scene Health is HIPAA- and HITECH-compliant, acts as a Business Associate to Covered Entities, and reports a clinical evidence base of more than 25 peer-reviewed publications. The company rebranded from emocha Health to Scene Health in 2024 while retaining emocha Mobile Health Inc. as its legal entity.

Scene Health operates a B2B enterprise sales motion with no direct-to-consumer distribution; healthcare organizations license the platform under multi-year contracts with quote-based, separately negotiated pricing. Revenue is generated through recurring SaaS licensing fees and professional services for Video-Review, supplemented by non-dilutive NIH research grants. As of April 2023 the company reported 700+ customers and over 200,000 lives impacted, and has raised approximately $17.7M in equity (Series B led by ABS Capital Partners) plus several NIH grants supporting clinical expansion.

Name

Scene Health

Legal name

emocha Mobile Health Inc.

Website

https://scene.health

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Scene Health (formerly emocha Health) provides an asynchronous video Directly Observed Therapy platform that helps health plans, public health departments, health systems, and clinical trial sponsors improve medication adherence in Medicaid, Medicare, and underserved populations, supported by a pharmacist/nurse care team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Health - Medication Adherence Software

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Home Health Care Services (62161)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medication Adherence, Digital Therapeutics & Remote Coaching (condition-specific programs) (HLALAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medication Adherence & Therapy Management Platforms (refills, reminders, MTM) (HLALAIAG), Patient App, Adherence & Engagement for RPM Programs (HLACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Medication adherence platform
• Video directly observed therapy
• Digital health software
• Patient engagement solutions
• Medication adherence monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklandville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. B2B SaaS Licensing: Healthcare organizations (health plans, health systems, public health departments) pay licensing fees to access the video DOT platform. The license includes software modules, documentation, and support services. Fees are contracted separately with each customer based on their specific needs and deployment scope.
2. Video-Review Services: Healthcare providers can contract separately for Scene's Video-Review Services, where Scene consultants observe and evaluate videos uploaded by patients and provide notes and feedback to providers.
3. Research Grants: Scene receives government research funding (e.g., $1.67M NIH grant) to expand video medication adherence platforms for specific clinical applications such as pediatric heart transplant patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Scene Health provides a video-based Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) medication adherence platform licensed to healthcare organizations. Patients use a multilingual mobile app to asynchronously record themselves taking medication, which is reviewed by Scene's care team (pharmacists, nurses, coaches) or the customer's clinicians to verify adherence. The platform is sold as a B2B SaaS subscription with optional Video-Review Services and condition-specific programs for health plans, public health departments, health systems, and clinical trial sponsors.

Product overview

Scene Health offers a unified medication engagement platform built around its core MedEngagement approach, combining video-based Directly Observed Therapy (emocha video DOT) as the primary technology with human care teams and evidence-based science. The platform is offered as a modular solution with the core emocha video DOT and mobile application, augmented by Video-Review Services for specialized consultant review. Solution-specific modules target Health Plans, Health Systems, Public Health Departments, and Clinical Trials & Research organizations, with additional condition-specific programs for Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, and Rural Health. The company operates under both the emocha brand (for its legal name and mobile app) and the Scene Health brand (for its commercial identity), having rebranded from emocha Health in 2023.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MedEngagement Platform Scene Health's flagship medication adherence platform and approach, combining a care team of pharmacists, nurses, and coaches with evidence-based science and a video-based mobile technology platform to support patients and improve health outcomes for healthcare organization customers.
• emocha Video DOT (Directly Observed Therapy) Video-based Directly Observed Therapy solution that lets patients securely record themselves taking medication at their convenience and report side effects, enabling asynchronous observation of 100% of submitted doses by healthcare providers or trained reviewers for health plans, public health departments, health systems, and clinical trial sponsors.
• emocha Mobile Application Mobile application available on iOS and Android that lets patients video record themselves taking medication, receive reminders, and communicate with their care team. Supports 20+ languages and works in low-connectivity areas, designed for hard-to-reach populations.
• Video-Review Services Professional service where Scene consultants observe and evaluate videos uploaded by patients and provide notes and feedback to healthcare providers, enabling video-enabled observation of medication adherence as an outsourced capability for healthcare customers.
• Health Plans Solution Medication adherence support solution for Medicaid and Medicare health plans, delivering reductions in ED visits and inpatient admissions, HbA1c improvement, and impacts on HEDIS and Star Ratings quality metrics for chronic condition management.
• Public Health Department Solution Video Directly Observed Therapy program for public health departments achieving up to 100% adherence rates, saving $1,400 per patient compared to in-person DOT, with support for multiple DOT modalities including asynchronous, livestream, and in-person.
• Health Systems Solution Medication adherence platform deployment for hospitals and health systems designed to reduce readmissions and ED visits, improve medication administration technique, strengthen patient engagement, and gather SDOH data.
• Clinical Trials & Research Solution Platform deployment for pharmaceutical sponsors, CROs, and clinical trial sites to evaluate adherence rates in real time, directly observe 100% of submitted doses using asynchronous video technology, improve patient retention, and reduce site burden across diverse study protocols including orals, inhalers, topicals, and injections.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce ED visits by 26% and inpatient admissions by 17% for members with type 2 diabetes
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Wellth: Wellth uses behavioral economics and daily check-ins (often with photo or video capture) to drive medication adherence for Medicaid and Medicare populations — overlapping directly with Scene's patient-engagement model and target customer segments.
• Medisafe: Medisafe provides a medication adherence platform with reminders, tracking, and caregiver sharing — competing for the same health plan and pharma-sponsored adherence wallet that Scene targets.
• AdhereHealth: AdhereHealth combines pharmacy data, adherence outreach, and clinical staff to improve medication adherence for Medicare and Medicaid health plans — directly overlapping Scene's payer value proposition and outcomes-based pricing model.
• Propeller Health (ResMed): Propeller Health offers connected inhaler sensors and adherence analytics for respiratory conditions — a competing condition-specific medication adherence platform with deeper pharma and health system distribution via ResMed.
• Mango Health: Mango Health (acquired by TrialCard/Eversana) delivers a patient-facing medication adherence and reminder app used by health plans and pharma — a direct competitor for condition-specific adherence engagement.
• Cecelia Health (formerly Fit4D): Cecelia Health delivers pharmacist- and coach-led telehealth programs to improve medication adherence and outcomes for chronic conditions — closely matching Scene's pharmacist-led, condition-specific engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• Caregility: Caregility provides enterprise telehealth and virtual care platforms used by health systems — overlapping with Scene in remote patient observation and care delivery, but as part of a broader acute-care portfolio rather than adherence specialization.
• Vivify Health: Vivify Health offers remote patient monitoring kits and engagement platforms for chronic care management — competing with Scene for health plan and health system RPM and adherence budgets at a broader chronic-disease level.
• Omada Health: Omada Health delivers digital chronic disease prevention and management programs (diabetes, hypertension) with payer and employer distribution — adjacent to Scene in addressing chronic-condition adherence through digital coaching.
• Virta Health: Virta Health provides condition-specific virtual care for type 2 diabetes with strong payer relationships — overlapping Scene's diabetes adherence value proposition as a more vertically integrated competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SceneHealth
• Facebookfacebook.com/scenehealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/SceneHealth

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds13 records

Investors17 records

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M&A

Investments

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