Walgreens Find Care™ Platform Now Features Personalized Sleep Assessment and Solutions
24 Septembre 2019 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
New collaboration between Walgreens and Philips
helps put quality sleep within reach, integrating Philips
SmartSleep Analyzer with Walgreens Find Care
With an ongoing commitment to help its customers and patients
better manage their chronic conditions, Walgreens today announced
that the millions of adults experiencing sleep issues1 can now
access new sleep solutions through its Walgreens Find Care™
platform. With the addition of the clinically validated Philips
SmartSleep Analyzer, one of several SmartSleep solutions announced
by Philips earlier today, Walgreens Find Care users are now able to
use the tool to help identify the potential reasons contributing to
their sleep issues and connect to sleep diagnostics, guidance,
products and solutions online and through the Walgreens mobile
app.
“Walgreens is committed to providing healthy solutions, access
and support to people with health concerns, including those who
struggle with quality and/or quantity of sleep,” said Giovanni
Monti, vice president and director of health care innovation,
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. “We’re continually improving the
Find Care user experience, and this expanded offering to help
people take charge of their sleep health is another way in which we
are supporting those who are managing a range of chronic
conditions.”
Insufficient sleep has been linked to the development and
management of a number of chronic diseases
and conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular
disease and obesity and depression, according to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.2 There is growing recognition of
the importance of sleep, with more than a third of U.S. adults
having self-reported sleep issues.3
Walgreens Find Care users who access the SmartSleep Analyzer
will receive personalized insights and feedback on their sleep
challenges based on their responses to a short questionnaire,
including guidance on recommended solutions to help meet their
individual needs. The tool aims to provide consumers with a better
understanding of their sleep habits and offers an assessment, which
can be used by the patient to guide further conversations with a
physician, should that step be recommended. Additionally, through
Walgreens.com, users may explore or purchase any of the Philips
SmartSleep solutions such as the SmartSleep Snoring Relief Band,
SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband and SmartSleep Connected Sleep and
Wake-Up Light.
“Philips provides solutions for a variety of sleep issues that
affect consumers worldwide, including sleep apnea, sleeplessness,
and snoring,” said Carla Kriwet, chief business leader, Connected
Care at Philips. “Sleep disorders, which are frequently undiagnosed
or have low treatment adherence, result in billions of dollars in
national healthcare costs and lost productivity. As the number one
sleep therapy brand of choice by US sleep physicians, this is why
we are excited to work with leaders in health and consumer
engagement like Walgreens. Through our combined efforts, resources
and networks, we can help provide access to necessary awareness,
screening, and individualized support to meet consumers directly as
they seek solutions, making a positive impact across the clinical
and consumer sleep communities alike.”
Walgreens Find Care features an expanding portfolio of solutions
for chronic care management with connected devices and digital
health solutions launched in July 2019 for patients with diabetes
through a collaboration with Dexcom, and patients with asthma and
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), through a
collaboration with Propeller.
Since 2018, the Walgreens Find Care platform has helped connect
Walgreens mobile and online customers and patients to health care
offerings and a growing selection of recognized health care
providers. All Walgreens Find Care offerings are accessible through
the Find Care section of the Walgreens mobile app and online at
www.walgreens.com/findcare.
Walgreens Find Care, which was recognized by the International
Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences as an honoree for the 2019
Webby Awards, continues to add new partners and health offerings to
meet the evolving needs of Walgreens patients and customers.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (walgreens.com), one of the nation's largest drugstore
chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA), the first global
pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. Approximately 8
million customers interact with Walgreens in stores and online each
day, using the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer
goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and
wellness services and advice. As of August 31, 2018, Walgreens
operates 9,560 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,
along with its omnichannel business, Walgreens.com. Approximately
400 Walgreens stores offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider
retail clinic services.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1 in 3 adults don’t
get enough sleep. Available at
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0215-enough-sleep.html.
Accessed September 2019.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sleep and Chronic
Disease. Available at
https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/about_sleep/chronic_disease.html.
Accessed September 2019.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1 in 3 adults don’t
get enough sleep. Available at
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/p0215-enough-sleep.html.
Accessed September 2019.
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