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 videos with Sean Duffy:
Sean Duffy, Co-founder & CEO, Omada Health, Introduction
Q1: Why Focus on Prediabetes?
Q2: How Do You Raise Prediabetes Awareness?
Q3: What Is the Silver Bullet for Prediabetes?
Q4: Is the PreventNow Program Available Yet?
Q6: How Good Have PreventNow’s Results Been?
Q7: How Are Results Over the Long Run?
Q8: Giving People Multiple Options
Q9: How Much Can PreventNow Save People with Prediabetes?
Sean Duffy, Co-founder & CEO, Omada Health, is dedicated to building systems and technologies that bring increased patient-centered value to the US health care system. He was an MD/MBA candidate at Harvard and has worked at both Google and IDEO. Currently he’s on leave from Harvard’s MD/MBA program to found diabetes prevention startup Omada Health. PreventNow, Omada’s prediabetes support website, is now up and running and can be accessed at https://preventnow.com/.
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