Sean Duffy, Omada Health, explains some of the guiding principles behind PreventNow and why it works so well. One key insight involved studying why the programs in which people met face-to-face were so successful. Using this knowledge and melding it with their high-tech know-how, Omada was able to create a …
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health, Q4: Is the PreventNow Program Available Yet?
Sean Duffy, Omada Health, gives us some of the details on how patients can sign up for PreventNow.com if they want. Individuals can sign up but Omada is also working with larger organizations to allow for less expensive sign-ups. Managed Care sign-ups may also have a different incentive structure but …
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health, Q5: How Do You Measure Success?
Sean Duffy, Omada Health, explains that the metrics for determining the success of PreventNow were largely based on looking at what previous programs had achieved with diabetes patients. Engagement and weight loss were two of the factors that were tracked. Participants in the program had about 5-7% weight loss. More …
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health, Q6: How Good Have PreventNow’s Results Been?
Sean Duffy, Omada Health, talks about the launch of PreventNow which began in January 2013. Previous to the public launch, there was a 220 person beta test. The prediabetic participants were notably enthusiastic about the program with about 74% people completing and an average 6% weight loss. Many of those who …
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health, Q7: How Are Results Over the Long Run?
Sean Duffy, Omada Health, talks about PreventNow’s early results which are looking very promising. Omada will continue to collect the data and he points out that, because the system is technology-driven, the data is fairly easy to gather so that they can continue to look at the results over the …
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health: Giving People Multiple Options
Sean Duffy, Omada Health, talks about how PreventNow is working with large health care organizations such as Viridian to reach patients. In particular, they are interested in partnering with “bricks & mortar” providers where they can provide a web complement giving people options and multiple ways to manage their health….
Read More »Sean Duffy, Omada Health, Q9: How Much Can PreventNow Save People with Prediabetes?
Sean Duffy, CEO, Omada Health, discusses the potential for PreventNow.com to help prediabetes patients lower overall medical costs. He talks about some of the studies demonstrating these improvements for patients with diabetes and that similar cost savings are very likely with prediabetic patients. More videos with Sean Duffy: Sean Duffy, …
Read More »Patient Handout: Prediabetes Turnaround
Patient Handout: Prediabetes Turnaround What do you have to give to your newly diagnosed prediabetic patients? From dLife comes this pdf handout that provides 12 simple steps to help prevent diabetes. Keep these on your desk and have all your overweight and prediabetic patients read and take a copy home …
Read More »Using EHR’s to Track Prediabetes Recognition and Treatment
How quickly are clinicians identifying prediabetes in their patients, and then following up and treating it?…
Read More »Type 2 Diabetes Risk Lowered with Magnesium Intake
For both healthy patients and those with metabolic impairment, risk decreased when participants took the recommended daily allowance of magnesium….
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