Newswise — May 10, 2023 - EXI – the Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) that delivers personalized physical activity prescription and behavior change support for people with long-term health conditions – has unveiled its first Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) deployment alliances. Freedom Aquatic & Fitness Center (FAFC) – located onsite at George Mason University Science & Technology campus in Manassus, Virginia, with a specialist team that delivers EIM in the community and via health provider referrals – and Logan Health, a Montana healthcare system offering EIM programs through its medical fitness center in Kalispell, Montana, will be the first facilities to deploy Exercise is Medicine® using EXI’s digital platform.

The World Active Summit 2023, which recently took place in Cologne, provided a platform for Working Groups to present their frameworks and unveil their promising plans for the upcoming year. The summit also presented an opportunity to gather a panel of experts to discuss the global digitalisation of the fitness and physical activity sector.

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Everyone Active, the UK's leading operator of local leisure, gym, swim and activities facilities and EXI worked together to develop and deploy a hybrid exercise referral scheme (ERS) combining Everyone Active's specialist exercise referral qualified instructors with EXI's digital physical activity prescription, and access to their national network of leisure centres. The service was used by over 2350 people with an inactive lifestyle and, often multiple, long term health conditions.

"Think of EXI being to digital therapeutics what iPod was to digital music. Unlike other digital fitness solutions, EXI is classified as a medical device in app form, prescribing low/moderate intensity programmes, designed with multiple conditions in mind."

"[EXI] are prescribing exercise in the same way as a doctor prescribes drugs, specifically for therapeutic purposes, to both help prevent and manage medical conditions."

“There is no known medication which produces the same wide ranging and potent effects as exercise”. EXI Co-founder highlights how taking control of your health through physical activity can boost resilience to COVID-19 and long-term health conditions.

EXI Co-Founder explains how the app has not only adapted to the challenges of the pandemic but created tailored exercise prescriptions specifically for those with COVID-19: “There is the ability to reduce risk of how the virus may affect a patient.”