Fierce Healthcare August 20, 2024
Editor’s Note: Omada updated its total to 30,000 pounds lost across programs.
Virtual chronic care management company Omada is partnering with the state of Alaska to prevent and manage diabetes and hypertension. With Omada, Alaskans have lost a total of 30,000 pounds, the company says.
Omada and the Alaska Department of Health established the partnership in 2019 when the department was looking to support more virtual health programs for its geographically dispersed population.
More than 4,000 Alaskans participated in its various state-sponsored virtual chronic disease management programs, Jessica Downes, a nurse consultant for Alaska’s state department of health, told Fierce Healthcare.
“It really it all kind of began as, let’s kind of do a trial. Let’s see if...
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