low-income patients

Digital diabetes prevention program use tied to weight reduction among low-income patients with prediabetes

By Dave Muoio 04:26 pm February 14, 2020

A sample of low-income patients engaged with Omada Health’s digital diabetes prevention program (DPP), achieved weight loss but no major difference in HbA1c levels after a year of use, according to study data recently highlighted by the company. The results — published late last year in the CDC’s Preventing Chronic Disease journal and first previewed at a 2018 public health conference — suggest...

Studies show digital health might not reach seniors, low income populations

By Jonah Comstock 03:18 pm August 3, 2016

Are digital health tools reaching the populations that need them the most? That was the question that concerned two recent publications: a small study of patients with low health literacy conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, and a research letter published in JAMA looking at digital health usage by a cohort of 7,000 seniors over four years. The Commonwealth Fund study observed 26 low-income...