NEW YORK, July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Fruit Street
Health (http://www.fruitstreet.com) today announced that the
company has gained Full Recognition status for its diabetes
prevention program from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). Fruit Street has become the first Diabetes
Prevention Program (DPP) provider to gain full recognition from CDC
that delivers the diabetes prevention program via telemedicine and
live video conferencing.
In order to gain full CDC recognition, diabetes prevention
programs must meet rigorous CDC standards and report its outcomes
to the CDC every six months. These requirements include
participants achieving at least 5% average weight loss when
participating for 9 months, 35% of participants qualifying for the
program based on a blood test, and achieving minimum levels of
participant attendance and engagement.
Fruit Street addresses the limitations and barriers of physical
class attendance by allowing patients to attend their DPP classes
via group telehealth video calls, which eliminates both the cost
and wasted travel time of commuting to a physical class. In the
Fruit Street DPP delivery model, a registered dietitian conducts
these classes via group video where all of the patients can see and
speak to one another. In addition, each patient is issued a Fitbit,
wireless scale, and the Fruit Street mobile application which
allows them to take pictures of their food and receive feedback
from their lifestyle coach. The wireless scale records the weight
of the patients throughout the DPP and the Fitbit both encourages a
healthy lifestyle and transmits exercise data back to the
registered dietitian in HIPAA and HITRUST certified software.
Fruit Street has also achieved HITRUST certification and
completed a SOC2 Audit which is a validation of Fruit Street's
privacy and security practices.
"Fruit Street's accomplishment of gaining full recognition with
the CDC is a validation of our telehealth delivery method of the
diabetes prevention program, excellent team of registered
dietitians, and the weight loss outcomes we are able to achieve
with individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes. Employers, health
plans, physicians, and participants in the program can be sure that
they are signing up for a program with proven outcomes," said Fruit
Street founder and CEO, Laurence
Girard.
SOURCE Fruit Street