Welkin Health raises $2M for its disease management coaching service

Welkin Health

Welkin Health has raised $2 million in seed funding and announced its first major pilot, which is with Humana’s Innovation Group. The San Francisco-based company provides population health / disease management solution consisting of mobile, web an phone-based coaching programs. The money was provided by a number of investors, including Rock Health, Asset Management Ventures, Great Oaks VC, iSeed VC, Mayo Clinic, and iKang Healthcare Group, which is the largest preventative healthcare group in mainland China.

Welkin’s app allows patients to take photos of the front of their glucometers as well as meals that they were eating, and then those photos show up on a web dashboard from where a diabetes educator can access them. The service also reminds patients to take these photos, while allowing mentioned educators/coaches to communicate with patients.

As part of the trial, Welkin will provide tools for Humana’s Innovation Group, which is running a population health management program for members who are in their 70s and have diabetes.

Welkin plans to use the funds to adopt their platform for COPD, hypertension, and congestive heart failure.“Providing diabetes education and support for senior citizens is challenging to do in a convenient and accessible way,” Sarah Ahmad, VP of Consumer Health Solutions at Humana, said in a statement. “Humana is testing a new telephonic diabetes program in San Antonio and New Orleans that relies on the Welkin Coaching platform. The goal of this collaboration is to give patients access to personalized diabetes support to meet them where they are in their health journey.”

The company plans to use the funds to adopt their platform for other chronic conditions such as COPD, hypertension, and congestive heart failure.

[Via: mobihealthnews]