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Attribute: Online/App-Based/Digital

Canary Health

In: Prevention

As a digital platform for healthy living, Canary Health provides online support and tracking tools to promote lifestyle change and chronic disease prevention. Employers and healthcare organizations partner with Canary primarily to enroll their at-risk employees in Canary’s online CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program. Canary focuses on holistic health and “Whole Person Healthcare,” providing programs that …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


Digital Integration for Workplace Wellness - Castlight Health

In: Workplace Wellness

A growing number of companies are moving into corporate wellness technology development, creating platforms for other companies to implement workplace wellness programs. By leveraging mobile applications and fitness trackers, these platforms help employers and employees input, track, and analyze real-time data in areas such as fitness, health metrics, emotional wellness, and nutrition.

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Online/App-Based/Digital


Digital Integration for Workplace Wellness - Limeade

In: Workplace Wellness

A growing number of companies are moving into corporate wellness technology development, creating platforms for other companies to implement workplace wellness programs. By leveraging mobile applications and fitness trackers, these platforms help employers and employees input, track, and analyze real-time data in areas such as fitness, health metrics, emotional wellness, and nutrition.

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Online/App-Based/Digital


Digital Integration for Workplace Wellness - Sonic Boom

In: Workplace Wellness

A growing number of companies are moving into corporate wellness technology development, creating platforms for other companies to implement workplace wellness programs. By leveraging mobile applications and fitness trackers, these platforms help employers and employees input, track, and analyze real-time data in areas such as fitness, health metrics, emotional wellness, and nutrition.

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Online/App-Based/Digital


Digital Integration for Workplace Wellness - Virgin Pulse

In: Workplace Wellness

A growing number of companies are moving into corporate wellness technology development, creating platforms for other companies to implement workplace wellness programs. By leveraging mobile applications and fitness trackers, these platforms help employers and employees input, track, and analyze real-time data in areas such as fitness, health metrics, emotional wellness, and nutrition.

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Online/App-Based/Digital


Figure 1

In: Healthcare Teams of the Future

Figure 1 is a free knowledge-sharing app that allows medical practitioners to post pictures of their patients and receive real-time advice on diagnosis/treatment options. Specialists can provide information about their unique fields, students can learn about rare cases, and all medical practitioners can be exposed to innovative methods of treatments through the online platform. Patients …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Free for Participants, Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Teams, Medical Education, Online/App-Based/Digital, Quality Improvement


Fitbit Group Health

In: Workplace Wellness

Fitbit Group Health is a collection of workplace wellness offerings from Fitbit, a major manufacturer of health and wellness “wearables.” Fitbit’s offerings range from “DIY” tools for employers to complete employee wellness packages. They also include options to integrate Fitbit wearables into other popular workplace wellness programs. More than 1,300 companies use Fitbit devices in …

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Online/App-Based/Digital, Physical Activity Promotion


Healthimation's Why WAIT

In: Prevention

Born out of a collaboration between the Joslin Diabetes Center and Hollywood, Healthimation’s app version of a successful Diabetes Prevention Program – Why WAIT (Weight Achievement and Intensive Training) demonstrates the potential of gamification for healthy behavior change. The Why WAIT app uses Hollywood animation and an avatar named Lena to engage users in a …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


Interactive Health, Inc.

In: Workplace Wellness

Interactive Health offers flexible workplace wellness programs that can be integrated into most workplaces, streamlining the development of wellness programs at various enterprises. Interactive Health’s wellness solutions are available to employers, brokers & consultants, and Health Plan & TPA partners. The company offers two main programs, Healthy Triumph and Healthy Advantage. Interactive Health, Inc. serves …

Category: Gold Standard    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Culture of Wellness, Online/App-Based/Digital, Physical Activity Promotion


Lark

In: Prevention

Lark is an app-based (iOS and Android) DPP entirely powered by artificial intelligence, meaning users can get real-time feedback without waiting for a coach. A simple red-yellow-green system makes food logging simple and convenient for users. Lark markets both to individual users in addition to employers, increasing its availability to the general public. Cost for …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


Noom

In: Prevention

Noom is a digital (app for iOS and Android) DPP program featuring personal guidance from live coaches. Users can choose plans focused on distinct goals, including weight loss, diabetes prevention, and – in the near future – hypertension. Noom claims an average weight loss of 18 pounds, with significant loss sustained at 4 years. The …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Online/App-Based/Digital


Omada

In: Prevention

Omada was the first digital DPP to be recognized by the CDC’s certification standards. Participants are matched with a 10- to 15-person support group who all start the program at the same time and a health coach – a structure that aims to provide the social support of a brick-and-mortar DPP. Going beyond its four …

Category: Gold Standard    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


Plus3

In: Prevention

Plus3 offers customizable web and mobile apps that combine traditional workplace wellness strategies with corporate charitable-giving programs to increase motivation for employees to be healthy. With a variety of incentives, including challenges, competitions, charitable rewards, personal rewards, and family participation, every employee can find the best personal motivation. Employees engage with Plus3 through an app …

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Corporate Responsibility, Culture of Wellness, Online/App-Based/Digital


Premier Inc.

In: Healthcare Teams of the Future

Through its multiple software programs, Premier is using  groundbreaking technology to provide information and to use constant “feedback” to: Tailor the continued education of physicians Improve the quality of healthcare delivery Allow for coordination between healthcare teams. Platforms include Avedis Enterprise and MedConcert, among others. Premier uses market analysis, performance reporting and data analytics to …

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Medical Education, Online/App-Based/Digital, Quality Improvement


Skinny Gene Project

In: Prevention

Skinny Gene offers an online DPP, a brick-and-mortar DPP, and community events like cooking classes for participants in San Diego County. The variety of options, whether online, in-person, or community-based, allow participants to choose the program that best fits their needs. DPP programs have a partnership with SideKick health, which provides mobile support and easy …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Non-profit/NGO
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


Solera

In: Prevention

Solera operates an online network to connect eligible participants with the DPP program that best fits them based on health claims/EMR data and personal preferences. The Network includes hundreds of brick-and-mortar community partners, well-known weight-loss programs, and digital health programs. Solera submits and manages claims data, easing the burden for its partners. Solera’s value-based health …

Category: Prime Performer    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital, Physical Activity Promotion


Virta Clinic

In: Healthcare Teams of the Future

Virta is an “online specialty medical clinic” focused on improving and even reversing type 2 diabetes Patients receive an individual nutritional plan focused on establishing “nutritional ketosis” through very low-carb diets. Patients access their care team, including an overseeing physician and a dedicated one-on-one coach, through a digital platform that also allows for biometric monitoring …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, Nutrition & Healthy Eating, Online/App-Based/Digital, Personalized Care/Precision Medicine


Yes Health

In: Prevention

Yes Health is an all-mobile DPP platform, through which users engage in lessons, log food and activity, and receive coaching through the Yes Health app. Each user receives a personal plan from his or her coach that includes suggested meals, fitness activities, and well-being exercises (e.g., meditation). Yes Health markets directly to the consumer, meaning …

Category: Innovator    Sponsor Type: Company/Corporation
Attributes: Behavior Change, DPP Translation, Online/App-Based/Digital


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