Swiss digital health company dacadoo that develops and operates the dacadoo digital health engagement platform, announced today that it is collaborating with frog, the global design and strategy firm, on the next generation user experience of its award-winning dacadoo health engagement platform set to launch in 2018.

dacadoo is a global technology company and innovative business partner that is driving the digital transformation in healthcare. It develops and operates the award-winning digital dacadoo health engagement platform that helps individuals actively manage their health in an easy and fun way. To encourage users to remain active and healthy, the company applies motivational techniques from online games, collaborative features from social networks, A.I.- and rule-based automatic feedback and the patented dacadoo Health Score to better understand and improve their health. Available in 11 languages, dacadoo’s technology is provided as a fully branded, white-label solution to health and life insurance companies, health and wellness service organisations, as well as large and mid-size employers for health promotion in the workplace.

frog is working closely with dacadoo to develop the next generation user experience of the dacadoo digital health platform. frog brings its unique blend of design and healthcare expertise to the process of creating compelling solutions that people love to use. frog is a well-established and internationally acclaimed design and strategy firm with deep experience designing innovative digital and physical customer experiences that transform behaviour and businesses at scale.

Peter Ohnemus, President and CEO of dacadoo, commented the choice for frog: “We went through a systematic selection process for the best fitting partner for the next generation user experience we plan to introduce on our dacadoo platform in 2018. Given that many of our insurance customers opt to use our client-facing applications, we must ensure an attractive user journey on our apps and engage our users long-term.”

frog design VP Thomas Sutton said: “The challenge of living a healthy life in modern industrial societies are significant and complex.

“To help people meet that challenge, we need to design solutions that resonate with their basic aspirations and beliefs, that integrate seamlessly into their everyday lives, and that are fun and engaging to use. dacadoo’s mission is to do exactly this, making it a natural collaboration for frog. Combined with our empathetic and systems-driven approach, dacadoo’s new platform will offer effective and engaging solutions for individuals, while also improving business outcomes for dacadoo customers.”