Babylon Announces Integrated Digital-First Chronic Condition Programs Offering Personalized Evidence-Based Care Within Single Interface
March 15 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
- Chronic conditions include diabetes, hypertension, anxiety,
depression, low back pain, and prenatal care
- Babylon’s technology will collect and analyze data to monitor
patients in real-time
- Personalized care teams will tailor evidence-based programs for
each member
- Care is integrated into Babylon’s single platform for a
seamless experience for both providers and members
Babylon (NYSE: BBLN), a global digital healthcare company,
announced today personalized, digital-first programs for high-risk
members living with chronic conditions. The care pathways were
developed hand-in-hand by Babylon's expert technologists and
primary care teams for a true end-to-end value-based care system.
The programs are offered as part of Babylon’s integrated primary
care model that collects and analyzes data to monitor members in
real time as they manage many conditions.
Conditions in the program include: diabetes, hypertension, low
back pain, prenatal care, anxiety, and depression programs.
Babylon’s technology will collect and analyze members’ data
allowing providers to monitor and intervene sooner.
Multidisciplinary care teams will support members in managing
chronic conditions and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to
members.
“A digital-first chronic condition program may improve patient
health and decrease the rate of acute events and associated
hospitalizations. At Babylon, we have worked hard to bring
personalized, evidence-based care for a number of conditions
together under a single interface to the patient,” said Dr. Darshak
Sanghavi, Global Chief Medical Officer at Babylon. “We think hard
about our patients and want them to have a way to receive regular
health education, monitor symptoms and seek advice, and get the
right care that goes beyond just the meeting with their clinician.
We are providing evidence-based programs for how to do that and
giving patients access to tools that will provide an engaging and
enjoyable way to better engage in their own health.”
For example, in Babylon’s prenatal care, the program engages
pregnant women with regular touchpoints and digital tools on a
week-by-week journey to assist with prevention and care during
pregnancy. There are more than two million women of child-bearing
age living in maternity deserts, and the U.S. has the highest
maternal mortality rate among developed countries - roughly four
out of five pregnancy related deaths are preventable. Babylon is
delivering side-by-side digital and clinical services including
both pregnancy education, actionable to-do’s, mental wellbeing
screening and more through our integrated digital care journey.
“It’s so important that we offer a service to women who are
pregnant or shortly after birth and engage with these women,” Dr.
Kimya Tarr, Senior Digital Health Manager at Babylon. “If we are
able to break down barriers to care and help the mother get the
care she needs, it's more likely the baby will be healthy, and we
will have reduced the cost for the mother and the newborn.”
In Babylon’s diabetes journey, the care team supports the
patient to create a personalized care plan based on the patient’s
assessment. The structured journey includes in-app digital content
and three planned virtual touchpoints to track progress, and may be
expanded to additional touchpoints based on the needs of the
patient. The care team ensures the patient is up to date on all
recommended screenings, immunizations, and labs; and any
abnormalities are evaluated with the support of the primary care
provider. Care goals are adjusted as needed. This model is based on
the American Diabetes Association recommendation to provide
Diabetes Self Management Education and Support, which empowers
patients to implement and sustain self-management of their
condition. Participation in DSMES has been shown to lower blood
sugar measurements as much as any medication, lower the risk of
complications and improve health outcomes. Diabetes affects more
than 30 million U.S. adults and children (>11% of the
population), and only about 1 million people receive DSMES services
annually.
“We’re providing populations living with diabetes in rural areas
with the tools to self-monitor, support to access preventive
screenings and immunizations and access to 24/7 primary care
through our digital platform,” said Dr. Amber Featherstone, Digital
Health Principal at Babylon. “Through implementing the DSMES
program, we are employing an underutilized resource to improve
patient outcomes and cut the costs of care.”
All chronic condition management programs are available to B360
members with additional programs planned for the future.
About Babylon
At Babylon, our mission is to make quality healthcare accessible
and affordable for every person on Earth. To this end we are
building an integrated digital first primary care service that can
manage population health at scale. Founded in 2013, we are
reengineering how people engage with their care at every step of
the healthcare continuum. Today, Babylon’s technology and clinical
services support a global patient network across 15 countries, and
our digital healthcare platform is capable of operating in 16
languages. Babylon is also working with governments, health
providers, employers and insurers across the globe to provide them
with a new digital-first platform that any partner can use to
deliver high-quality healthcare with lower costs and better
outcomes. For more information, please visit
www.babylonhealth.com.
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