Aeroflow Health Unveils New Diabetes Management Program

Aeroflow Well being, a well being tech firm, final week introduced a brand new diabetes administration program, which goals to enhance adherence, outcomes and care coordination for well being plan members.

Asheville, North Carolina-based Aeroflow Well being was based in 2001 and affords an array of medical units coated by insurance coverage. The corporate has 4 traces: Aeroflow Breastpumps, Aeroflow Diabetes, Aeroflow Sleep and Aeroflow Urology. Along with medical units, it supplies schooling and consultations. The corporate has partnerships with greater than 1,000 insurance coverage and serves greater than 1.4 million sufferers yearly.

By the brand new diabetes program, sufferers acquire entry to academic content material on the right way to handle their situation, together with medicine adherence, way of life modifications and glucose monitoring methods. They will additionally use a brand new AI-powered digital well being instrument that syncs with steady glucose monitoring knowledge. This permits sufferers to obtain personalised insights on their well being, AI-driven teaching and communication with their supplier.

As well as, sufferers can obtain medical vitamin remedy — behavioral well being assist from registered dietitians to assist them create meal plans and construct wholesome habits. Sufferers may also take part in interactive courses on diabetes administration, in addition to webinars masking wholesome cooking and bodily exercise suggestions. By a web based storefront, sufferers can test their advantages and entry services and products like steady glucose displays and blood strain displays.

Aeroflow’s well being plan companions, in the meantime, obtain knowledge on affected person outcomes and engagement, which permits them to “allow strategic decision-making and interact with personalised approaches to assist affected person well-being,” stated Casey Hite, CEO of Aeroflow Well being.

“Well being plans can acquire improved high quality of care that replicate increased satisfaction scores by sufferers who’re extra engaged and supported of their well being journeys,” Hite stated in an e mail.

The launch of this system comes at a time when about 38.4 million Individuals, or 11.6% of the inhabitants, have diabetes, in keeping with the American Diabetes Affiliation. About 2 million Individuals have sort 1 diabetes, together with 304,000 youngsters and adolescents.

“These numbers present the staggering want in high quality care and broader entry to care to permit these sufferers to guide wholesome, fulfilling lives,” Hite stated. “Aeroflow’s aim with the launch of this program is to assist sufferers perceive and higher handle their diabetes. … By aligning ourselves with superior digital instruments, we’re persevering with our mission to ship a holistic and patient-centered method to diabetes care.”

To measure the success of the brand new diabetes program, Aeroflow Well being can be monitoring affected person well being outcomes, together with A1C reductions, total weight reduction and blood strain measures, Hite added. The corporate additionally goals to realize extra well being plan companions with the launch of this system.

A number of different firms additionally supply diabetes administration applications for well being plan members, together with Omada Well being, Virta Well being and Teladoc Well being.

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