What You Should Know: - Glooko, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of remote patient monitoring and chronic care management solutions including diabetes and obesity, today announced that they have raised a $30 million Series D round of funding. The funding was led by Health Catalyst Capital along with participation from existing investors Canaan Partners, Georgian, Novo Nordisk, Insulet and Mayo Clinic. - Glooko plans to use these proceeds from this funding to accelerate organic growth and
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Diabetes Management Platform | Type 1 & 2 Diabetes Patients | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
4 Predictions for Diabetes Management and Technology in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put an unprecedented amount of strain on the entire healthcare sector, and the industry has responded by accelerating the ways innovation is developed and adopted. Health leaders have faced a generational challenge and the result has been the rapid deployment of technology to address dire patient needs. Health systems, physicians, and frontline staff pulled together in remarkable fashion to implement these emerging technologies that enhance the ways patients
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Humana Taps Vida Health to Power Virtual Diabetes Management for Kentucky’s Medicaid Population
What You Should Know: - Humana Healthy Horizons™ in Kentucky announced it has selected Vida Health’s virtual diabetes management program to serve Kentucky’s Medicaid population. - Vida’s diabetes management program
achieves lasting results for participants. Because chronic conditions like diabetes,
obesity, and hypertension often occur simultaneously, Vida’s unique program was
built from the ground up to treat multiple conditions at the same time. - The new partnership, which will
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Virta Adds Prediabetes and Obesity Reversal to Services
What You Should Know: - Virta is expanding its suite of treatment options to
include prediabetes reversal, obesity reversal, and type 2 diabetes management. - By making this crucial expansion, Virta can scale its
treatment to support the tens of millions of additional patients with
prediabetes and obesity, as provide an on-ramp to reversal for those with T2D
that aren’t yet ready to reverse. Virta Health, the
leader in type 2 diabetes reversal, today introduced the addition
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Medtronic Acquires Smart Insulin Pen Company Companion Medical
What You Should Know: - Today, Medtronic announced that it will
acquire Companion Medical, the manufacturer of InPen, a smart insulin pen
system paired with an integrated diabetes management app. - The addition of Companion’s InPen system builds
upon Medtronic's strategic acquisitions of Nutrino and Klue to further
improve overall automated decision-making capabilities and optimizes dosing
decisions using algorithms and AI for patients. Medtronic,
today announced the
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DreaMed Diabetes Supports Research on Efficacy of Virtual Diabetes Care
What You Should Know: - DreaMed Diabetes, the developer of personalized, AI-based diabetes management solutions, will participate in a clinical study, led by Jaeb Center for Health Research Foundation, to evaluate the efficacy of virtual treatment for diabetes patients. The research is funded by a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. - DreaMed uses AI-powered technology to seamlessly treat
patients remotely with its virtual diabetes management service by
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Current Health, Dexcom Partner to Deliver Continuous, Remote Glucose Monitoring
What You Should Know: - Current Health has partnered with Dexcom to add continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) capabilities to its remote patient monitoring (RPM)
platform – enhancing care and improving outcomes for diabetics. - Dexcom CGM data will transmit directly into the Current
Health wearable and platform for review by the care management and clinical
teams, improving post-discharge and chronic care of diabetes patients outside
the hospital. - Through this partnership, Current
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COVID-19: Glooko Offers Free Remote Care to Medical Clinics and People with Diabetes
What You Should Know: - Glooko today announced that during the COVID-19 pandemic they are taking action to serve the global diabetes community by providing a no-charge remote care solution that provides live patient-to-clinician connectivity. - To minimize the risk to people with diabetes during this time by broadening access to a remote medical appointment with healthcare providers, Glooko is offering its secure, privacy-protected remote care solution at no charge to medical clinics and
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Welldoc, Redox Partner for Bidrectional EHR Integration with BlueStar App
- Welldoc and Redox announce a partnership to ensure bidirectional integration with EHR with Welldoc's digital health solution for diabetes management, BlueStar. - This partnership will allow providers to receive and review insights about users of Welldoc's BlueStar digital health app for diabetes management directly within their EHR at the point of care. Welldoc, a digital health
company revolutionizing chronic disease management, announced today its
strategic partnership
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Livongo, VSP Vision Care Partner to Improve Eye Care for People Living with Diabetes
- Livongo announced a partnership with VSP Vision Care to offer mutual Members resources and insights to manage chronic conditions and vision care on one platform. - People with diabetes and prediabetes have an increased risk of vision complications and vision loss and by offering them resources to better manage their eye health on the Livongo platform, we can effectively close gaps in care. Livongo Health, Inc., an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live
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