Humana's support of Livongo Health shines the spotlight on a digital health startup that puts the sufferer 1st, and makes the contributor a real-time resource and coach.
Humana is planting another flag in the digital care coordination landscape, with a contribution in MHealth Company that facilitates self-management and real-time collaboration between customers and their care providers.
The Louisville, Ky.-based company has declared a strategic investment in Livongo Health, the chronic care start-up launched by former Allscripts executives Glen Tullman and Lee Shapiro. Livongo’s platform centers on mHealth-enabled glucose meter that permits diabetics to check their condition and send that data to care team members.
The news follows a trend in the payer industry to support mHealth and telehealth industries that not only make better the self-management, but link consumers to their healthcare contributors at any time and place for better care coordination.
The Livongo Health platform concentrates first and foremost on diabetes.
“Diabetes is one of the fastest growing and most costly chronic conditions in the world, and our 2 agencies need to make it easier for persons to stay healthy. We empower individuals to take charge of their own health,” Tullman, Livongo Health’s CEO and the father of a diabetic son, stated in a recent press release.
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