- Drugmaker Bayer leads One Drop’s $40M Series B funding round and enters commercial agreement to license One Drop's digital diabetes management platform in its global bio-digital efforts in therapeutic areas. - Bayer will leverage One Drop's data science and predictive capabilities, and harness its mobile platform to deliver innovative bio-digital solutions across a broad array of therapeutic areas.- One Drop provides personalized health programs to drive sustainable behavior change as part of
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Novo Nordisk Integrates Smart Insulin Pens With Medtronic Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Devices
- Medtronic and Novo Nordisk to develop solutions enabling dosing data from Novo Nordisk Smart Insulin Pens to be shared with Medtronic continuous glucose monitoring devices. - Non-exclusive integration collaboration reflects both companies′commitment to making diabetes management easier by integrating key health technologies. - Novo Nordisk expects to launch its durable smart insulin pens, NovoPen® 6 and NovoPen Echo® Plus, as well as its disposable, pre-filled injection solution starting in
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5 Steps to Achieving a Mature Enterprise-Class Quality Program
Jeffrey Springer, Sr. VP of Healthcare Solutions for CitiusTech
The game is changing faster than ever as more payer contracts and regulatory programs adopt risk-based models. To be successful, payer and provider organizations know they must increase quality scores and revenue while reducing avoidable medical costs. Yet, the providers who are critical to that success are burned out. According to a recent survey, nearly one-third of providers say their biggest frustration is constant “busy
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NYC Health + Hospitals Launches Primary Care-Centered Diabetes Management Program
NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health care system in the nation announced the launch of a comprehensive, primary care-centered diabetes management program. The diabetes management program includes investing in new clinical pharmacy staff, equipment, and technology to improve health outcomes and expand services through telehealth techniques for more than 60,000 New Yorkers with diabetes who receive care in the City’s public hospitals and community-based health centers.Impact of
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Pack Health, Glooko Partner to Integrate Real-Time Blood Glucose Monitoring
Digital health coaching platform Pack Health has announced a partnership with diabetes data management provider Glooko to integrate blood glucose monitoring. The integration will augment diabetes health coaching and care coordination services with remote real-time data for blood glucose control.Pack Health & Glooko Integration DetailsIntegrating data from Glooko's diabetes management app into Pack Health's coaching platform for chronic care management and monitoring will enable Health
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Livongo to Offer 10.7 Million Shares in IPO, Priced Between $20 & $23 Per Share
Livongo Health, Inc., today announced it plans to offer 10,700,000 shares of its common stock to the public with the price expected to be between $20.00 and $23.00 per share. Livongo has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LVGO.” Livongo also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,605,000 shares of common stock from Livongo.Livongo offers an integrated suite of solutions to promote sustainable health
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Pilot Study: Lark Health’s AI-Driven Diabetes Management Program Decreased A1c by 1.1 Points
Lark Health, a chronic disease prevention and management platform has released initial results from a pilot study of its Diabetes Management Program (Lark DMP). After an average of four months, the Lark DMP users reported a significant reduction in A1c levels of 1.1 points, from 8.5 to 7.4 percent.Lark Diabetes Management Program OverviewThe Lark DMP, which uses conversational artificial intelligence (AI), rather than live telephonic nurses, was developed with the collaboration of industry and
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Digital Health Company Livongo Files for $100M IPO
Livongo Health, Inc., today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Livongo has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "LVGO."Livongo Growth MetricsFounded in 2014, Livongo offers an integrated suite of solutions to promote sustainable health behavior change based on easy, real-time data
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Apple to Sell One Drop’s Blood Glucose Monitors in Select Retail Stores
One Drop, a digital blood glucose monitoring kit for diabetes management will now be available in select retail Apple stores, CNBC reports. Currently sold online in the Apple Store for $69.95, the digital diabetes kit includes a Bluetooth glucose meter, test strips, lancets (optional), and one year of free coaching from a certified diabetes coach.One Drop Blood Glucose MonitorOne Drop’s blood glucose meter ensures clinically proven accurate, reliable results in just five seconds. The meter then
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Livongo Announces Bi-directional Integration with Apple, Fitbit, Samsung Smartwatches
Livongo, a leading Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions, today announced the launch of a bi-directional integration with the top smartwatches in the market, including leading models from Apple, Fitbit, and Samsung. Livongo Members can now connect their smartwatches to the Livongo mobile app to receive real-time Livongo notifications on the surface of their choice enabling Livongo to provide more timely and relevant information to Members and their care
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