Australian start-up releases free mental health, connectedness app PiqMeUp for 'front line workers' and businesses

IN LIGHT OF the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, Melbourne-based visual communication developers and tech start-up Piqify, have developed a unique app - PiqMeUp - which enables front line workers and businesses to stay emotionally connected with their teams, create an inclusive, supportive environment and keep an ongoing, regular monitor on the mental health and well-being of everyone across their workforce.

Co-founders of Piqify and creators of PiqMeUp, Luke Feldman and Shourov Bhattacharya are offering the PiqMeUp app free of charge to any business that wants to use the app to stay connected with their teams during this global period of lockdown.

“During this period of isolation that we are all experiencing as a global community, it’s incredibly important to maintain emotional connections with colleagues and employees to ensure that no-one feels alone, which is why we have created and want to share PiqMeUp,” Mr Feldman said.

“We really hope that PiqMeUp will also be used by hospitals, the police force and others working in the ‘front line’ to help them stay emotionally connected and make important, regular ‘check ins’ to monitor the mental health and wellbeing of their teams."

By using a universal language of symbols and uniquely designed emoticons, PiqMeUp makes it simple for people to give a quick, easy to understand ‘check in’ as to how they are feeling and their mental state.

“The PiqMeUp app utilises Piqify’s unique visual language to give businesses a platform that makes it easy for them to extend an ‘emotional check-in’ across their teams daily, or as often as they feel is needed, to make sure that their teams feel supported and connected at this time,” said Shourov Bhattacharya.

“PiqMeUp collects data ethically and securely to allow managers to monitor mental health, wellbeing and user feedback in real-time, making it an incredibly useful tool for this challenging time we’re all facing,” Mr Bhattacharya said.

PiqMeUp uses predictive AI and bot automated messaging to communicate to communities at scale and is able to escalate for those at risk. For instance, if an employee responds that he or she is not coping well, PiqMeUp automatically escalates this feedback to the appropriate manager so that support can be provided immediately. 

PiqMeUp can be easily integrated into existing organisation websites, intranets and portals, emails and other apps. 

“We hope offering free access to PiqMeUp for hospitals, the forces and any business around the globe that wants to remain connected with their teams will make it easy for people who aren’t coping with our current situation to reach out and get support,” Mr Feldman said.

Piqify

Piqify develops inclusive digital experiences for global customers and workforces. Piqify’s unique universal visual communication platform brings global enterprises closer to their customers and workforces. Using the scalable Piqify cloud platform, trademark visual language and patent-pending AI, global enterprises can create engaging and inclusive user experiences that easily integrate with their current systems. The result is 80 percentt less complexity for the user and 98 percent-plus comprehension across all culture and language groups.

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