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Sword Health

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AI-enabled digital PT and whole-person programs

Digital physical therapy and broader AI Care programs (women’s health, cardiometabolic, mental health) pairing licensed clinicians with an AI Care Specialist.

Overview

Sword Health markets whole-person AI Care. The core MSK offer is digital physical therapy that pairs a human clinical specialist with an AI Care Specialist. Additional programs named on the homepage: women’s health from fertility to menopause; continuous cardiometabolic care for blood pressure, weight, glucose, and cholesterol; and psychologist-led mental-health AI Care. Buyer types include health plans, employers, individuals, and labor unions. Public metrics include 3:1 average client gross ROI (trailing 12-month contractual guarantees), $3,177 annual member savings (Risk Strategies Consulting, June 2024), and surgery-intent and pain outcomes from Sword’s October 2024 member base.

Why it matters Sword is a digital MSK competitor to Hinge that publishes AI+clinician pairing, a surgery-risk engine (Predict), and contractual ROI language.

Target buyer
Employers, health plans, and labor unions buying digital MSK and adjacent AI Care programs.
Pricing model
Not published; includes contractual ROI performance guarantees (vendor)
3:1 ROI is Sword’s trailing 12-month reconciliation of contractual guarantees. $3,177 savings from a June 2024 Risk Strategies Consulting analysis. Not a PEPM card.
Availability
National
Research
Last researched 2026-08-23
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Key features

  • Digital PT pairing licensed clinicians (including Doctors of Physical Therapy, per a client quote) with AI
  • Predict: AI engine to find members at high risk of avoidable MSK and pelvic surgery
  • Women’s health program (fertility through menopause)
  • Cardiometabolic AI Care (BP, weight, glucose, cholesterol)
  • Psychologist-led mental-health AI Care
  • Academy educational videos for teams

Integrations

  • Employer, health-plan, union, and individual channels

Overview

Sword Health provides digital musculoskeletal care and has expanded homepage messaging to women’s health, cardiometabolic, and mental-health AI Care. The model is a human Clinical Specialist plus an AI Care Specialist.

Buyers listed: health plans, employers, individuals, and labor unions. The site claims security, privacy, and clinical-excellence certifications without naming the certificates on the homepage hero.

Outcome footnotes: (1) 3:1 average client gross ROI from trailing 12-month reconciliation of contractual ROI guarantees; (2) $3,177 annual member savings on MSK and related chronic conditions from Risk Strategies Consulting, June 2024; (3) 55% of members surgery-free among those who enrolled with moderate-to-severe surgery intent and finished with none or mild intent (112k members, October 2024); additional pain, depression, and productivity figures cite Sword member data and journal articles.

Claims on the site are described as relating to digital health/wellness services, not to medical devices that may support those services.

Key Capabilities

  • Expert AI Care for pain via digital PT.
  • Predict: AI to detect high avoidable-surgery risk and steer to less invasive care.
  • Academy: short clinical-education videos.
  • Women’s health integrated program.
  • Cardiometabolic habit support.
  • Mental-health AI Care led by psychologists.

Integrations & Ecosystem

No public EHR/PBM connector list on the homepage. Channel is B2B2C plus some individual access.

Pricing

Custom. Contractual ROI guarantees are marketed; terms are not public.

Notes & Limitations

  • Women’s, cardiometabolic, and mental-health lines are homepage products; depth vs MSK core should be confirmed in a demo.
  • Surgery-free and pain stats are defined narrowly in footnotes (intent scores, 112k sample).
  • Device vs service disclaimer: do not treat clinical outcome claims as device claims.

Sources

Tags: population health · MSK · digital PT · AI care · women's health