Trevia Digital Health Raises $1.6 Million For Its Diabetes Care Platform | HIStalk Connect
Summary
Trevia is building a business around the need to improve diabetes care coordination, a market ripe for disruption that has attracted the likes of Google, which is working to on a number of projects aimed at improving the technology used to monitor blood glucose levels; and IBM Watson, which has partnered with both Medtronic and Novo Nordisk to bring Watson’s analytics capabilities to the software side of diabetes management. For its part, Trevia is building a telehealth platform designed to improve access to eye exams for diabetics. If caught early, the condition can be corrected with laser surgery, and so preventative screenings are part of the standard treatment plan for all diabetics. The report and image is then shared with existing EHR systems, and any follow up appointments are scheduled and tracked. Trevia is monetizing the platform by selling the equipment, interfaces, and software needed to build remote diabetic eye exam centers to payers, providers, and retailers.