Apple disrupts diabetes management with subscription service
NEW YORK — One Drop on Tuesday announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance and Conformité Européene (CE) mark approval for One Drop | Chrome, a blood glucose monitoring system that marries modern design with advanced medical and mobile technology.
One Drop | Chrome is available as part of One Drop | Premium, the first-ever monthly subscription service to provide affordable, accessible diabetes care, including unlimited blood glucose testing supplies and 24/7 live in-app support from diabetes experts, all for less than a monthly co-pay — $39.95 or less per month (without insurance).
"One Drop is designed by people with diabetes for people with diabetes, and One Drop | Chrome is a perfect embodiment of our vision," stated Jeff Dachis, CEO One Drop. "We're transforming the diabetes management experience by designing empowering, beautiful products people love to use, while also delivering outstanding evidence-based results."
One Drop is not only changing the look and feel of diabetes devices — it's providing affordable, accessible, and effective diabetes care at scale, Dachis added.
The One Drop | Premium monthly subscription service provides:
One Drop | Chrome with Unlimited Testing Supplies. One Drop | Chrome not only meets the highest standards of clinical accuracy, but it also wirelessly transmits blood glucose data directly to the cloud via the One Drop | Mobile app for iOS and Android. Unlimited blood glucose test strips are delivered on-demand directly to the doors of One Drop | Premium subscribers — no prescriptions, no insurance, no appointments and no hassles;
One Drop | Experts for Anytime Care. One Drop | Experts moves diabetes education out of the clinic and into the lives of people with diabetes. Each One Drop | Premium subscriber has his/her own "Expert" (Certified Diabetes Educator) available 24/7 for guidance, support and anytime care. Experts deliver personalized digital therapeutics programs to help people with diabetes define and achieve their health management goals. Subscribers can communicate with their Experts anytime via in-app chat; all data recorded in the app is available to Experts in real-time, allowing them to provide relevant behavioral guidance in the moments when subscribers need it most. No appointments necessary; and
One Drop | Mobile. One Drop | Mobile is an award-winning, cloud-based diabetes management solution delivered entirely via mobile app on iOS and Android. One Drop | Mobile provides real-time and historical blood glucose data and analytics to subscribers and their healthcare providers, allowing both to see relationships between specific health behaviors and health outcomes. One Drop | Mobile also includes a fully-featured Apple WatchOS app for logging and analyzing diabetes data on the go. According to the company, One Drop | Mobile is the only diabetes management platform that offers comprehensive self-care, peer-support and expert support all in one place.
One Drop | Chrome will be sold exclusively by One Drop and Apple, where it will be available via the Apple Store online in mid-December.
"It's crucial that any diabetes solution drives evidence-based results," Dachis said. "With One Drop | Premium, we are delivering a well-designed, evidence-based diabetes solution that offers accessible, affordable, scalable, comprehensive care to anyone, anywhere in the world. In doing so, we empower everyone with diabetes to make better choices, lead fuller lives, and achieve meaningful improvements in their health outcomes."