relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message sleepio founder s colin espie peter hames industry healthcare website sleepio.com launched 2012 sleepio is a digital sleep improvement program featuring cognitive behavioral therapy cbt techniques developed by sleep scientist professor colin espie and ex insomniac peter hames . 1 in a commentary on research published by the lancet sleepio was described as a proven intervention for sleep disorders using the internet . 1 the journal nature described sleepio as about as effective as cbt delivered in person . 2 contents 1 history 2 how it works 3 awards 4 references history edit in march 2013 sleepio was one of the launch apps in the nhs approved healthy apps library . 3 sleepio was one of ten partners worldwide to launch on jawbone s up self tracking platform in april 2013 4 allowing import of sleep data collected by the up activity tracker into sleepio . integrated support is also available to users of the bodymedia fit band . 5 how it works edit the sleepio program is delivered via the web and via mobile devices . 6 a virtual sleep expert the prof guides the user through six interactive weekly sessions . 7 the results of the cbt group show that sleepio is comparable in effectiveness to face to face delivered cognitive behavioral therapy . 1 awards edit in november 2013 sleepio was the winning healthcare it product innovation as selected by a uk healthcare industry website e health insider . 8 the start up was also a semi finalist in the big awards organised by cisco systems inc. in 2013 . 9 in april 2014 sleepio won the bupa startup competition at wired health . 10 in june 2014 the company behind the sleepio program big health was chosen as the best health startup at the europas awards the annual event honoring the best tech startups in europe . 11 references edit a b c mike moore looking for a good night s sleep the lancet july 2012 . crow j. m. insomnia chasing the dream nature may 2013 . jessica hodgson u.k. health service takes closer look at apps potential the wall street journal may 2013 . dante d orazio jawbone launches an ecosystem for up lets other apps tap into your fitness data the verge april 2013 . bodymedia teams with sleepio & a.r.o. to support sleep & life improvements press release . 2013 05 28 . retrieved 2014 03 20 . espie c. a. hames p. mckinstry b. use of digital internet and mobile media delivery of cognitive behavioral insomnia therapy sleep medicine clinics september 2013 . lynne lamberg the virtual doctor will see you now psychiatric news august 17 2012 . mersey burns app wins ehi awards 2013 ehi mobile october 2013 . caroline baldwin cisco announces big awards startup semi finalists computer weekly august 2013 . liat clark insomnia app sleepio wins startup competition at wired health wired may 2014 . the europas awards the winners press release . 2014 06 10 . retrieved 2014 06 18 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sleepio & oldid 734043287 categories cognitive behavioral therapysleephidden categories npov disputes from september 2015all npov disputes navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 august 2016 at 19 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view