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Digital resources available for people considering weight-loss surgery
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Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Solutions have partnered to offer a digital platform and mobile app with resources for people considering weight-loss surgery, according to a press release from Ethicon.
“We are focused on bringing innovative devices to market, filling evidence gaps and providing resources with the goal of optimizing outcomes and helping to break down the clinical, societal, economic, psychological and policy barriers that prevent people from getting life-changing weight-loss surgery,” Michael del Prado, company group chairman at Ethicon, said in the release.
The platform — Health Partner for Weight Loss Surgery — offers expansive information about surgery options, risk and benefits, patient stories and healthy recipes. It also offers a surgeon locator tool and information on navigating insurance requirements.
The smartphone app includes resources for users to set weight-loss goals and track exercise and diet. Next year, the app will offer communication options between patients and their health care providers.
“From making the important decision to seek treatment to adopting a healthy lifestyle after surgery, patients need support,” Elliot Fegelman, MD, therapeutic area lead for metabolics at Ethicon, said in the release. “Health Partner for Weight Loss Surgery can help provide it digitally, through evidence-based behavioral science techniques and best clinical practices.”
The digital platform can be found at www.weightlosssurgery.thehealthpartner.com. The app is currently available on Apple and will be coming to Android soon, according to the press release.