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AMA, Omada Health, Intermountain Healthcare form initiative to prevent type 2 diabetes
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The American Medical Association, digital health company Omada Health, and nonprofit health care system Intermountain Healthcare, based in Utah, announced a collaborative initiative to provide an online lifestyle-change program aimed at reducing the number of people who develop type 2 diabetes, according to a press release.
This initiative will bring together Omada’s online technology and AMA’s comprehensive efforts to prevent type 2 diabetes to provide Intermountain’s physicians and patients with online, personalized evidence-based prevention programs to aid in preventing type 2 diabetes.
“Intermountain's integration of the Omada program and AMA's focus on ensuring digital tools work to empower providers will give patients with prediabetes another proven option to meet their care needs. It will also give physicians and their care teams additional treatment options, and actionable data to better understand how to deliver lasting lifestyle change for those in need of it,” Sean Duffy, CEO of Omada Health, said in the release.
Results of a 2-year study of Omada’s program, based on the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle intervention, showed significant reductions in body weight and HbA1c among participants (Sepah SC, et al. J Med Internet Res. 2015;doi:10.2196/jmir.4052).
“The addition of Omada to Intermountain's diabetes prevention program will expand patient access to a CDC-recognized program. We anticipate that access to the Omada program will enhance patient engagement and improve health outcomes,” Elizabeth Joy, MD, MPH, medical director for community health and clinical nutrition at Intermountain, said in the release.