DarioHealth Announces Publication of Sanofi Study in JMIR Demonstrating an Estimated $5,077 Medical Cost Savings Per Dario Digital Health Platform User Per Year
Representing a high-rigor, real world analysis, the study found Dario users, as compared to matched individuals receiving usual care, had 23% lower hospitalization rates and 26% lower all-cause charges
More frequent engagement on the Dario platform associated with fewer inpatient and ER events
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This rigorous, third-party analysis directly addresses one of the most important questions that payers and employers have for their solution partners, namely: Do digital interventions reduce real-world healthcare burden and cost compared to people already receiving usual care? The study's authors found that Dario users had consistently lower utilization rates and charges than matched individuals receiving usual care.
The study examined 12-month outcomes for 2,445 adults with type 2 diabetes using Dario's platform compared to 7,334 matched individuals receiving usual care. Unlike many digital health evaluations that rely on pre/post comparisons, this study used a high-stringency matched-cohort design drawing from a large real-world claims database – representing one of the most rigorous economic evaluations of a digital health solution to date. Additionally, most digital health studies compare effects between treated and non-treated groups, which tends to inflate the impact of an intervention. The higher bar of comparing an intervention group to a group receiving usual care is far less common.
Across multiple measures of healthcare utilization, charges and estimated costs, Dario users demonstrated consistently lower burden compared to a matched group receiving usual care:
- 23.5% lower inpatient hospitalization rates
- 9.3% lower all-cause healthcare resource utilization (HCRU)
(inpatient hospitalizations + emergency room visits) - 26% lower all-cause HCRU charges
- Estimated gross cost savings of
$5,077 per patient per year (PPPY) based on standard cost-to-charge conversion methodologies - Shorter inpatient lengths of stay
- Lower 30-day readmission rates
- A strong dose-response relationship, with more frequent engagement on the Dario platform associated with fewer inpatient and ER events
Collectively, these findings reinforce that a holistic digital platform integrating connected devices, behavior-change science and real-time engagement can meaningfully reduce avoidable utilization – delivering benefits beyond what is typically achieved in usual care alone.
The results add to the growing body of evidence supporting Dario's approach and its ability to help employers, payers and health systems improve chronic condition management while reducing the cost of care.
"Real-world economic validation from peer-reviewed research is critical for organizations evaluating digital health solutions," said Yifat Hershcovitz, PhD, Vice President of Clinical and Scientific Affairs at Dario. "This study shows that when members engage with Dario's connected devices, personalized guidance and behavioral support, the impact on reducing costly hospital and ER events can be both meaningful and sustained."
"This study shows what matters most to health plans and employers: when enterprises use a well-designed digital intervention, they can reduce avoidable hospitalizations and lower the cost of care, even for populations already receiving care," added
The full article is available open access on the JMIR website: https://www.jmir.org/2025/1/e67320/
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