Your EAP Exists. 95% of Employees Never Use It.
GIA® is the screening layer that catches what traditional EAP intake misses and routes employees into your program.
Fewer than 5% of employees use their Employee Assistance Program. 40% cite confidentiality concerns as the reason they never call. The problem is not the EAP itself. It is the intake model. Employees who need help the most are the least likely to self-refer. GIA® by Scienza Health screens for 46 behavioral health conditions through a single conversation with zero staff involvement. When a condition is identified, the employee is routed directly into the EAP for care. No protected health information is shared with the employer. The EAP gets the referral. The employee gets the support. The employer sees anonymized aggregate data only.
How do they compare?
| Dimension | Traditional EAP Intake | GIA™ |
|---|---|---|
| Employee identification | Self-referral or supervisor referral | Proactive screening for 46 conditions |
| Utilization | Below 5% at most companies | Every employee screened who participates |
| Confidentiality barrier | 40% avoid over privacy concerns | No PHI to employer. Employee owns results |
| Staff required | Trained intake staff for assessment | Zero staff during screening |
| Time per assessment | 15-30 minutes (PHQ-9, intake interview) | 40 seconds |
| Conditions covered | Depends on presenting complaint | 46 conditions screened simultaneously |
| EAP integration | Standalone program | Routes positives directly into EAP via HL7 FHIR or REST API |
| Clinical validation | Self-reported intake; no published AI validation | Peer-reviewed speech biomarker science across 19 studies |
| Deployment timeline | N/A (existing program) | 2-6 weeks. No EHR required for corporate channel |
Where traditional eap intake falls short
Standard EAP programs rely on employee self-referral or supervisor referral. Employees must recognize they need help, overcome stigma, and voluntarily contact the EAP.
- Utilization sits below 5% at most companies
- 40% of employees avoid EAPs over confidentiality concerns
- Self-referral model misses the 95% who never pick up the phone
- Intake assessments like the PHQ-9 require trained staff and 15 to 30 minutes per employee
- No proactive screening. Conditions go unidentified until crisis
- 200 million workdays lost annually to untreated behavioral health conditions
What GIA™ does differently
- Screens for 46 conditions including depression, anxiety, PTSD, burnout, and substance use in 40 seconds
- Zero staff required for the screening conversation
- Employees who screen positive are routed directly into the EAP for care
- No protected health information is returned to the employer. Employees own their results
- Integrates with EAP platforms via HL7 FHIR or REST API. White-label deployment available
- Connects to Workday, ADP, Rippling, BambooHR, Paychex, TriNet, and Gusto
- Peer-reviewed across 19 published studies. SOC 2 Type II certified. AES-256 encryption
- Peer-reviewed accuracy: Depression AUC 0.874, PTSD AUC 0.907, Anxiety AUC 0.884, Burnout AUC 0.780
GIA® by Scienza Health does not replace your EAP. She finds the employees your EAP never reaches and routes them into your program. The EAP provides the care. GIA® provides the referral pipeline. No protected health information reaches the employer. A clinician reviews every screening result before any action is taken.
Beyond the comparison
GIA® pairs every screening encounter with PDO — Proactive Decision Orders — a nightly EHR analysis layer that surfaces ranked clinical recommendations for physician review. No competing platform offers population-level decision support alongside point-of-care screening.
GIA® is trained on a dataset of 12.3M+ patients and 27B+ clinical records, validated across 19 peer-reviewed studies by independent researchers at academic medical centers.
Common questions
Does GIA® replace our existing EAP?
No. GIA® by Scienza Health is a screening layer that feeds into your existing EAP. She identifies employees with undetected behavioral health conditions and routes them directly to your program for care. The EAP remains the care delivery channel. GIA® is the front door that was missing. 95% of employees never self-refer. GIA® catches them.
How does GIA® handle employee privacy in the corporate channel?
No protected health information is returned to the employer. Individual screening results go to clinician review only. Employees own their results and control access. Employers receive anonymized, aggregate reporting. No HIPAA Business Associate Agreement is required for the corporate deployment channel because no PHI crosses the employer boundary.
Can EAP providers white-label GIA® inside their platform?
Yes. EAP providers, behavioral health platforms, and telepsychiatry companies can deploy GIA® by Scienza Health as a screening layer within their existing clinical infrastructure. Integration via HL7 FHIR for clinical systems or REST API and OAuth 2.0 for HR platforms. White-label deployment preserves your brand. Your clinicians review the results.
What conditions does GIA® screen for in the workplace?
46 conditions across behavioral health, cognitive, and neurological categories. Depression (AUC 0.874), PTSD (AUC 0.907), Anxiety (AUC 0.884), Burnout (AUC 0.780), Stress (AUC 0.910), Substance Abuse (AUC 0.845), ADHD (AUC 0.848), Sleep Disorders (AUC 0.823), and more. One conversation. 40 seconds. Results prepared for clinician review.
What is the cost of untreated behavioral health in the workplace?
Untreated behavioral health conditions cost employers an estimated $12,500 per employee per year in presenteeism, absenteeism, and excess healthcare utilization. 200 million workdays are lost annually. Johnson and Johnson reported $2.60 returned for every $1 invested in workplace mental health. GIA® by Scienza Health screens in 40 seconds with zero staff.
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