Health2047 Inc., a Silicon Valley-based innovation company founded by the American Medical Association (AMA), has spun out its second startup, First Mile Care, a preventive chronic care company focused on prediabetes.
Health2047 previously launched Akiri, a San Francisco-based company developing a blockchain-based network-as-a-service platform for the healthcare industry.
There are an estimated 84 million people living with pre-diabetes (higher-than-normal blood sugar level), according to the company. With $2 million in seed funding, First Mile Care is building a platform that will offer people coaching to make lifestyle decisions that can reverse prediabetes and reduce the risk that their condition will develop into type 2 diabetes.
The First Mile Care platform is based on the proven National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) method developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The coaching program has been shown to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes by 58 percent compared to placebo.
