Withings Health Solutions Expands Obesity Care Network and Launches Best Practices for Treatment Programs

Withings Health Solutions, a company offering health monitoring devices, has added Ilant Health to its ecosystem of obesity care management partners. It has also published its best practices for obesity management programs.

Through the ecosystem, Withings integrates its health devices – such as digital scales and blood pressure monitors – into digital health programs. This allows for improved data sharing and helps patients and medical teams better track their weight and other measurements. It also helps demonstrate return on investment to paying partners of digital health companies.

Ilant Health, the newest addition to the ecosystem, is a virtual obesity management company that offers intensive behavioral therapy, drug therapy and bariatric surgery. It also provides virtual access to obesity medicine physicians, mental health practitioners, nutritionists and peer navigators. It serves both employers and health plans.

Ilant Health joins several other companies in the ecosystem, including Form Health, Wondr Health, FyteHealth and Yazen Health.

“The partners we work with believe the same thing we do, that personalization leads to higher retention and, of course, better patient engagement and health. [GLP-1s] in fact, it’s about long-term results, and that’s the kind of partner we want to have in this area,” Antoine Pivron, vice president of Withings Health Solutions, said in an interview.

In addition to expanding its ecosystem, Withings released five best practices with its ecosystem partners that obesity management programs should include:

1. Remote monitoring: It is important to continuously monitor patients so providers can adjust treatment in real time.
2. Patient Engagement: Engage patients with personalized devices and messages so they can follow their care team’s advice and stay on track with their plan.
3. Value-based care: Having continuous data on patient progress makes it easier for providers to measure outcomes and prove ROI in value-based models.
4. Personalized care: Leveraging data such as body composition, blood pressure, sleep and activity facilitates improved care and allows for earlier intervention if necessary.
5. Clinical rigor: Programs should not focus solely on body mass index. They should also look at factors like fat distribution, muscle mass and metabolic health.

“I think we would love to see more solutions on the market that look at long-term outcomes. … In obesity, it’s not just about weight. … It’s more about a mindset, building good habits and strong habits that will maintain progress over time,” Pivron said.

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