Via: Omada Health
Company’s fifth peer-reviewed publication shows seniors engage with the Omada Program and lose weight; model estimates savings in less than two years
San Francisco, CA; (October 13, 2016) – As the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) works to finalize a diabetes prevention program for beneficiaries, Omada Health today announced the publication of a study demonstrating its program’s effectiveness with individuals 65 and older. Published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE, the published research contained data from more than 1,100 senior participants in the Omada program. Those participants started the Omada program, with an average age of 69 years old and BMI of 32.5 kg/m2.
Six months after beginning the Omada program, 89.5% of participants in the study completed at least nine of 16 lessons. Twenty-six weeks after beginning the Omada Program, average weight loss for program completers was 7.3%, while average weight loss for all participants was 6.8%. Estimated savings from the population included in the study were $1,770 over three years per participant, with additional savings accumulating over the next decade.
“This study validates what our team has known for a while: that American seniors can – and will – reduce their risk of chronic disease by engaging with a properly designed digital health intervention,” said Omada co-founder and CEO Sean Duffy. “The evidence from this study shows that the Omada program delivers clinically-meaningful health outcomes and significant savings for those 65 and older. This publication is a demonstration of our company’s values in action.”
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