Carrot Fertility Introduces At-Home Testing for Reproductive Health – Healthcare Tech Outlook
Standard fertility testing and health panels may include many visits to various physicians, which can be time and money consuming. At-home fertility testing can provide patients with a basic understanding of their fertility status in a quick and low-cost approach.
Fremont, CA: Fertility hormone testing offers a glimpse i…….
Standard fertility testing and health panels may include many visits to various physicians, which can be time and money consuming. At-home fertility testing can provide patients with a basic understanding of their fertility status in a quick and low-cost approach.
Fremont, CA: Fertility hormone testing offers a glimpse into a person’s overall reproductive health, allowing them to establish a baseline understanding of their fertility. One can collect their own blood or urine sample at home or at a lab and mail it in for a fraction of the cost of a clinic visit. They can find out what their hormone levels say about their reproductive health in only a few weeks. Carrot Fertility, the leading worldwide fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits provider for businesses and health plans, has announced at-home fertility hormone and related biomarker monitoring capabilities for members. This bespoke, one-of-a-kind test kit goes beyond typical reproductive hormone testing to give users a more direct view of their fertility health, allowing them to take action and intervene early from the comfort of their own home. The Female Fertility and Wellness Test takes advantage of imaware’s unique strengths as a leader in testing and digital health.
At-home fertility tests have not included a wide variety of health and wellness parameters that influence fertility and detect high-risk pregnancy signs until now. The Female Fertility and Wellness Test will fill this need by examining a wide range of biomarkers such as anti-M14llerian hormone (AMH), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The HbA1c test determines an individual’s average blood sugar levels over the previous three months. Menstrual cycles and ovulation can be unpredictable when blood sugar levels are chronically raised, as they are in diabetes, and this can lead to longer timeframes to become pregnant or a higher risk of miscarriage.
“We’re delighted to deliver this new test for our members. It augments Carrot’s already robust suite of advanced wearables and testing technology, including capabilities around ovulation tracking, semen analysis, and more, comments Asima Ahmad, MD, MPH, Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, Carrot Fertility. “We know that this whole-body view of fertility health is a critical part of how many members seek to understand and engage in their own journeys. Not only is it a better member experience, but it drives critical ROI for plan sponsors such as employers.”
