Nanodropper and Lumata Health Launch Partnership Aimed at Improving Patient Care
Nanodropper recently announced a partnership with Lumata Health, a tech-enabled service company offering turnkey care management for chronic eye conditions. This new partnership includes the launch of a pilot program bringing the Nanodropper Adaptor device to Lumata Health network patients across the U.S.
What is Lumata Health?
Lumata Health is a tech-enabled healthcare service company focused on preventing blindness from chronic eye conditions. It manages over 100,000 people at risk of vision loss and is backed by over $2 million in research funding from the National Eye Institute. There are a host of benefits for patients that seek care with Lumata’s network – Lumata Health partners with physicians, payers and health systems to offer turnkey care management services provided by eye care experts who are supported by cutting edge technology and data science. Lumata Health’s programs improve clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and clinic staff efficiency by providing between-visit patient assistance and care coordination for patients with chronic eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and dry eye.
What does Nanodropper’s partnership with Lumata Health mean for patients?
Patients enrolling in the Lumata program receive a free Nanodropper Adaptor to test with their medication. Lumata is evaluating the use of the Nanodropper Adaptor within the care management patient population on a trial basis and collecting patient feedback. As this partnership evolves, clinics in the Lumata network will have the opportunity to carry and distribute the Nanodropper Adaptor.
“This partnership with Lumata further breaks down barriers standing between patients and eyedrop treatment adherence,” said Mackenzie Andrews, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Nanodropper. “We’ve recognized the true impediments to patients receiving proper eye care are cost, running out of the prescription ahead of schedule, and forgetfulness or confusion about the eyedrop treatment regimen. Through this partnership, we are addressing each of those barriers to bring patients eyecare that is cost effective and eliminates waste.”
According to well documented research (that we have discussed in detail in previous blog posts, our whitepaper, and other places on the Nanodropper website), prescription eyedrop bottles release drops that are five times too large for your eye to absorb, resulting in patients often wasting 80 percent of the medication in the bottle. The Nanodropper eyedrop bottle adaptor is designed based on decades of research to achieve an ideal-sized eyedrop just large enough for the eye to absorb, tripling the number of drops per bottle and demonstrating the effectiveness of smaller eyedrops versus the current oversized drops.
“By reducing the volume per drop, Nanodropper not only alleviates the common obstacle of frequent trips to the pharmacy for early prescription refills, but also significantly reduces the cost burden for patients on a fixed income juggling expensive medication costs,” said Landon Grace, Chief Science Officer at Lumata Health. “In the early stages of the pilot program, we’ve already collected a wave of positive feedback from patients using the adaptor. Their prescriptions are lasting longer, they are saving on medication costs, and they have commented on the improved physical experience of using the proper drop size.”
Is your eye doctor in the Lumata Health network?
Health providers participating in the Lumata Health network include large health systems, national health insurance companies, and ophthalmology clinics of all sizes, both private and academic.
To learn more about Lumata or to find out if your eye doctor is in the Lumata Health network, contact their team at this link!
And if you’re interested to see whether your clinic already carries Nanodropper, visit our partner clinic map here.
