The Mount Sinai Health System and Livongo Health are launching a “comprehensive diabetes management program” in the New York market.

Said program, which has been available to Mount Sinai employees, combines the Livongo for Diabetes solution with the clinical capabilities of the Mount Sinai Clinical Diabetes Institute and the Mount Sinai’s Diabetes and Cardiovascular Alliance. It will be expanded to broader populations across the New York market through Mount Sinai’s network of physicians and affiliated providers.

“With several hundred thousand individuals covered under our value-based care arrangements, and that number growing rapidly, we are shifting our care models accordingly, and Livongo will play a key role in supporting our efforts to effectively manage diabetes-a chronic health condition that affects more than 10 percent of New Yorkers,” said Niyum Gandhi, Executive Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, Mount Sinai Health System.

The new diabetes management program has already been available to Mount Sinai employees.The program starts with a smart data analytics platform that captures information from a variety of sources including Livongo’s connected glucose meters, personal devices, electronic health records, and medication records. Relevant and timely insights and alerts are then provided in real-time to the person with diabetes, their network of family and friends, and their Mount Sinai care team.

At the end of 2014, Livongo has partnered with Cerner over the same goal – to help patients better manage diabetes. Then in April of this year, the company raised $20 million in Series B funding to further expand the business…