How One Digital Health Company is Outsmarting Diabetes

There’s no doubt it will take a lot to curve the growing number of diabetes cases worldwide. But in order to deal with such a widespread problem, healthcare professionals will have to think outside of the box. One  digital health startup is actually taking an unorthodox approach toward diabetes. Israeli- based Sweetch is using principles from mobile gaming, the healthcare industry, and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a solution that can give patients insight on behaviors that can lead to diabetes. The solution is an App, said Yossi Bahagon, MD, who co-founded Sweetch along with Dana Chanan in 2014. Chanan, Sweetch’s CEO has served as an executive in the mobile gaming industry. “What Sweetch is doing is enabling prediction and prevention of diabetes in a highly-civilized and scalable way,” Bahagon, who is also Sweetch’s CMO, told MD+DI. “The system automatically learns and maps your life habits without asking you any questions … through your smartphone.” The App can be downloaded through the app store. However, the app can’t be used without an access code that would come from a person’s healthcare provider. “Instead of giving you the generic non-personal, non-engaging recommendations that you get from the many wellness apps that are out there –...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Business Digital Health Source Type: news