The American Medical Association (AMA), Omada Health, and Intermountain Healthcare today announced a digital health initiative aimed at reducing the alarming number of adults who develop type 2 diabetes. The new partnership will create a roadmap for large health care organizations across the country to adopt proven online behavior change interventions for at-risk patients, and integrate those programs into provider referral and clinical workflow. The collaboration marks the first time that the
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Solera Health Nabs $4M to Scale Its Diabetes Prevention Platform
Solera Health, a technology-enabled personalized preventive health network has raised $4 million in Series A1 funding with participation in the round includes BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP), Sandbox Industries and SJF Ventures. In November 2015, Solera closed a $3 million Series A round, bringing its total capital raised to $7 million.The company will utilize the funding to scale its operations to meet the growing demand by health plans for the National Diabetes Prevention
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Livongo Health Pulls In $45M to Expand Diabetes Management
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $44.5 million in Series C funding from investors including Merck Global Health Innovation Fund; Cowen Private Investments; Sapphire Ventures; Zaffre Investments, the investment arm of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Wanxiang America Corporation. Existing investors General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), DFJ, and 7wire Ventures. also
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UCSF Researchers Connect Prediabetes App Data from Yes Health to Aid Type 2 Diabetes Prevention
Diabetes Center at UCSF and Yes Health, an all-mobile program to prevent type 2 diabetes are teaming up on a precision medicine initiative to aid development of personalized type 2 diabetes prevention and treatment strategies. As part of the initiative, Yes Health will develop opt-in tools that provide its users the opportunity to share real-time behavioral data, such as diet, exercise, and sleep patterns for UCSF researchers According to the American Diabetes Association, 86 million
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Glooko Launches Office Kiosk for In-Clinic Diabetes Care
Glooko Inc., a unified platform for diabetes management, today announced the official launch of its “Glooko Office Kiosk” package to redefine in-clinic diabetes care experience for patients with diabetes and healthcare professionals by bringing insights that drive teachable moments to patient-clinician interactions For the first time, Glooko Office Kiosk enables diabetes data from popular blood glucose meters, insulin pumps, and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to be synced to an Android
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