Virtual diabetes clinic 9am.health launched Monday with $3.7 million in seed funding. Investors in the seed round include Founders Fund, Define Ventures, Speedinvest and iSeed Ventures.
"Over the last few decades, there have been great technologies and medications developed that have helped many of us living with diabetes. But, if you look at the average standard of care for people living with...
A Dubai-based specialist clinic has become the first healthcare provider outside of the United States to be awarded full URAC accreditation in Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), it has been confirmed.
GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center – which describes itself as “the world’s first healthcare provider” to “employ remote continuous data monitoring” for diabetic patients – has received the URAC...
Copenhagen and London-based healthtech company, Liva Healthcare has announced today that it is bringing its human coaching programmes to Germany to help manage conditions such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.
Germany will be Liva’s ninth market, with the company planning to open an office in Berlin. Liva is already operational in Britain, Australia, Ireland, Holland,...
Multimodal healthcare provider Carbon Health is stepping into chronic condition management with its recent acquisition of Steady Health, an integrated diabetes care platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The acquisition will support Carbon Health’s primary care model, which combines in-person clinics with a virtual care platform. Carbon Health patients can receive services ranging...
Fitterfly, an India-based digital therapeutics company, has launched a digital recovery programme for diabetic patients who have contracted COVID-19.
WHAT IT DOES
The company has added in its Diabefly platform an integrated module called the Post COVID-19 Recovery programme. According to a press release, people can "take advantage of the programme from the comfort of their home via calls, chat,...
Gamification has become an increasingly popular strategy for promoting healthy behaviors from medication adherence to chronic condition management.
A new study published in JAMA Network examined the effectiveness of gamification in promoting physical activity and weight loss among adults with uncontrolled Type 2 diabetes.
"Gamification is commonly used in wellness programs and smartphone apps,...
Chinese medical device innovation hub Dinova Medtech and US-based medical device company Metronom Health have established a joint venture to develop and sell a continuous glucose monitoring system in China.
WHY IT MATTERS
Traditional fingerstick glucose meters can only provide information about intermittent glucose levels and the pain that comes with finger pricking can potentially reduce...
This morning, Bigfoot Biomedical announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Bigfoot Unity Diabetes Management System.
The system was cleared for use among individuals 12 years old and up with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who use multiple-dose injection therapy.
Included in the Bigfoot Unity System are two smartpen caps for both rapid- and long-acting insulin, a connected mobile app, an...
Pharma giant Eli Lilly has inked a series of deals with four diabetes management companies to integrate with its forthcoming Tempo Pen and Tempo Smart Button products.
The companies that signed strategic international agreements with Eli Lilly are Dexcom, Glooko, myDiabby Healthcare and Roche.
Through the agreements, Eli Lilly’s Tempo Pen and connected Tempo Smart Button will integrate with the...
A Dubai-based specialist diabetes clinic has released its very first report on the outcomes of its care model, demonstrating that continuous data monitoring is advantageous in dramatically improving the health of those with the condition.
GluCare Integrated Diabetes Center, which describes itself as the “world’s first healthcare provider to employ integrated continuous data monitoring” and the “...
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