Population Health Insights

Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 medications: Powerful tools for weight loss, made better when paired with a healthy lifestyle.

There is a frenzy of attention on the new weight loss drugs like Ozempic (diabetes), Wegovy (chronic weight management), and others. And it's for good reason as the weight loss results are compelling with these GLP-1 receptor agonist medications. Based on their popularity for treating diabetes and for general weight loss, they appear here to stay. And with [...]

incentaHEALTH Recognized by CDC for Innovation in Diabetes Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of Diabetes Translation (DDT) recently conducted a nationwide search to identify innovation solutions to help engage and retain people in the National Diabetes Prevention Program. The goal of the program is to identify and evaluate retention strategies that address barriers rooted in social determinants of health (SDOH) impacting the implementation of [...]

incentaHEALTH partners with Crook County Health Department to provide #PreventDiabetes Program to the rural and frontier areas

incentaHEALTH has partnered with the Crook County Medical Services District to provide a select number of seats in the #PreventDiabetes program to an in-need area of the state. incentaHEALTH launched the #PreventDiabetes program with the State of Wyoming in July of 2021 and after seeing its success, Crook County reserved a number of seats specifically for [...]

incentaHEALTH teams up with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to provide #PreventDiabetes to an in-need rural area of Colorado

incentaHEALTH has partnered with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to conduct several cohorts of our #PreventDiabetes program in an in-need area of the state, the San Luis Valley, with host partners: The Alamosa Senior Center and Rio Grande Hospital. “We are excited to partner with incentaHEALTH and CDPHE to bring the Diabetes Prevention [...]

The incentaHEALTH Member Experience – take a tour!

Our curriculum delivery is different from any other program - we deliver a small daily dose each day. Our coaching approach assumes that your population is busy and distracted. So we get permission to nudge them daily with just the right bit of support to help them on their journey. And we’re not just sending reminders, [...]

Press Release: incentaHEALTH Selected to Implement #PreventDiabetes to a Hard to Reach Area of Colorado

incentaHEALTH has partnered with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to conduct several cohorts of our #PreventDiabetes program in an in-need area of the state, the San Luis Valley, with site partners: The Alamosa Senior Center and Rio Grande Hospital. Need Currently, the San Luis Valley, including Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande and [...]

How a “Healthy Selfie” and the HEALTHspot Scale Supports Long Term Weight Management

Two of the biggest challenges when implementing a population health program are engagement and retention. To address these challenges, incentaHEALTH has designed a powerful behavior change approach that combines behavioral economics and visual progress tracking to dramatically increase initial program engagement and sustain long term weight management outcomes. In the video below, watch as incentaHEALTH [...]

Healthy Habits are Contagious! How incentaHEALTH improves health for the whole family.

In our post on Obesity Prevention Begins in the Home, we discussed how one of the positive “halo effects” of secondary prevention efforts, like incentaHEALTH, is the impact that can extend out to the other family members. When a parent embarks on a journey to improve their nutrition and exercise, it can create a ripple effect [...]

incentaHEALTH and Health Links™ Digital Diabetes Risk Tool Now Available in Spanish

Health Links™, a research-to-practice program within the Center for Health, Work & Environment at the Colorado School of Public Health, has partnered with digital health company incentaHEALTH to enhance a digital tool to increase diabetes risk awareness for employers. The goal is to increase availability and accessibility to Diabetes Prevention Programs to employees through employer [...]

Blood Pressure Cuff added to the White Mountain Library incentaHEALTH HEALTHspot Kiosk in Partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health

The Wyoming Department of Health has expanded their partnership with incentaHEALTH to add a blood pressure cuff to the HEALTHspot kiosk located at the White Mountain Library in Rock Springs (2935 Sweetwater Dr, Rock Springs, WY 82901). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Wyoming and 30% of Wyoming adults have been told by [...]