- Livongo forms partnership with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and the State of New Jersey to provide Livongo for Diabetes to State and School Plan Members for 460k public employees and their dependents. - Livongo expects, after having been selected by the State of New Jersey in the fourth quarter of 2019, that this agreement will make approximately 29,000 people eligible for the Livongo for Diabetes program and add approximately 5,000 Members in 2020 as anticipated in the plan
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Lilly to Integrate Dexcom CGMs into Personalized Diabetes Management System
- Eli Lilly has announced a global commercialization agreement to integrate Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices into Lilly’s personalized diabetes management system. - The personalized diabetes management system, currently in development to advance the treatment of diabetes, will integrate connected insulin delivery devices, software and analysis to equip people with diabetes and their healthcare providers with personalized information and guidance to help them better manage
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DarioHealth Launches Digital Diabetes Program on Walmart.com
DarioHealth announce it is expanding the retail distribution of its digital diabetes management program through Walmart.com.- Through Walmart’s online distribution channel, DarioHealth will offer Walmart consumers MyDario, a complete digital solution to manage diabetes, hypertension, nutrition, and exercise.Global digital therapeutics innovation provider, DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) announced today the launch of the Dario-powered digital diabetes program on Walmart.com. Walmart is the
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Primary Care Doctors Use Autonomous AI to Instantly Detect Eye Disease
- A Georgia Primary Care Clinic is now using an autonomous AI system called IDx-DR to test patients for diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness.
- IDx-DR is cleared by the FDA to make an assessment without the need for a clinician to also interpret the image or results, making it usable by healthcare providers who may not normally be involved in eye care.
- The exam typically takes 5-10 minutes. Nurses use an automated fundus camera to take pictures of the patient’s retinas –
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Validic Adds High-Frequency Data Support, Delivering Minute-to-Minute Readings From Wearables, Home Health Devices
- Validic has added support for high-frequency data, enabling organizations to receive standardized activity, heart rate, and blood glucose data at a rate up to one reading per minute.- The availability of these data for use in healthcare and wellness programs indicate an important shift toward more real-time, individualized interventions and coaching services.Validic, a Durham, NC-based provider of solutions for personal health data, today at HLTH 2019 announced the support of high-frequency
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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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Walmart Brings One Drop’s Smart Glucose Meter to Retail Stores Nationwide
- One Drop’s wireless glucose meter kit and supplies for diabetes management are now available at hundreds of Walmart stores in the United States.- Retail expansion increases accessibility of healthcare technology and support for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.One Drop, a New York City-based provider of digital therapeutic solutions for diabetes and other chronic conditions, today announced that its wireless glucose meter kit and supplies are now available at
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Livongo Inks $50M Diabetes Contract Through Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
- Livongo has been awarded a contract to provide the Livongo for Diabetes solution to eligible members covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP ) under one health plan.- The contract is Livongo’s biggest contract in company history and will account for $20-25M in revenue in 2020 and $30-35M in revenue for 2021, representing a total of $50-60M including both years.- The announcement reflects Livongo’s overall market traction and how they are expanding from working primarily
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Welldoc’s BlueStar Integration with Xealth Improves Patient Engagement by 2.5X
- Welldoc’s BlueStar digital therapeutics improved in terms of activation rates, patient engagement, and ongoing usage when integrated into the EHR using Xealth’s digital health platform.
- When providers are connected to their patients, as demonstrated in a Welldoc randomized controlled trial, providers are 2-4x more likely to change an individual’s treatment plan to positively impact health in a more timely manner.
Welldoc, announced activation results for Welldoc’s BlueStar digital
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Actiste’s Unified IoT Diabetes Care Device Awarded CE Mark
- Actiste, the world’s first unified diabetes care device with eSIM technology for monitoring and treating insulin-dependent diabetes, has received two CE marks.
- The EC certifications allow the company to move forward with its ongoing market entry and sales activities in the company's primary target markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and opens up for future sales in over 30 European countries, where Sweden is most imminent.
- The development of the Actiste device was
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