For the elderly, falls can cause serious injuries and greatly affect their daily lives.
To solve this problem, located in New Orleans Oxner Health And its innovation department, innovationOchsner, Cooperation with Bold, A digital exercise platform for adults over 50, designed to reduce falls.
The platform is one of five interventions in the Ochsner Connected Stability pilot fall prevention and monitoring program, which focuses on supporting Medicare Advantage members.
“Overall objective [of the partnership] Amanda Rees, co-founder and CEO of Bold, said in an email: “By providing Bold’s science-based online exercise program, prevent future falls from this high risk of falls in Ochsner Health members. In the crowd.” “Bold’s plan is to improve balance, strength, and mobility-these are the three key components of reducing a person’s risk of falling.”
The platform first completes an online assessment to determine the user’s current health and fitness level. Then design a personalized course for the user, which can include a shorter seat course or a longer standing course. Users will also receive an incentive sign-in when participating in the program.
medical insurance. Advantage members can use Bold’s tools at home, but in order to solve loneliness, we encourage them to participate in virtual live courses and other community activities.
“As we work to prevent future falls, Bold’s balance training program is very suitable as one of the multiple interventions in our comprehensive fall prevention and monitoring program,” said Dr. Richard Milani, Ochsner Creative Medical Director and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer of Ochsner Health , In the press release.
According to statistics, 3 million elderly people receive treatment in the emergency room each year due to falls and injuries. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEach year, more than 800,000 people are hospitalized for fall injuries, the most common cause is head injury or hip fracture.
In addition, about 50 billion U.S. dollars is spent on medical expenses related to non-fatal falls each year, and 754 million U.S. dollars is spent on fatal falls. CDC says.
“From a cost and health outcome perspective, both Bold and Ochsner Health understand the impact of falls in Medicare Advantage populations,” said Bold’s Rees.
In February of this year, the company announced that it had raised7 million seed funding Led by Andreessen Horowitz, existing investors Khosla Ventures and new investors Primetime Partners and GingerBread Capital participated.
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