Ōmcare Makes CES Debut
Ōmcare Home Health Hub

Ōmcare Makes CES Debut

The telehealth medicine dispenser is part of an AARP showcase of "longevity tech" at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Bloomington-based Ōmcare has developed a way to safely dispense medicine to aging individuals from afar, and this week, the health tech startup’s Home Health Hub makes its first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as part of the “AgeTech Collaborative” from AARP.

Ōmcare’s Home Health Hub is a physical medicine dispenser with remote health management. It features a three-camera system that makes it possible for care providers or pharmacists to confirm the right medicine is taken at the right time, and ultimately, allow aging adults to get support while living independently. Two national pharmacies, PharMerica and Optum’s divvyDose currently provide medication via the Home Health Hub and Ōmcare has partnered with several senior living and home care organizations including Ecumen.

Ōmcare’s presence at CES—widely considered the tech industry’s most influential event of the year where many new products and innovations make their debut—is timed to coincide with the launch of its direct-to-consumer subscription service.

“We are excited to have the Home Heath Hub now more widely accessible to consumers, and looking forward to showcasing it at CES and the opportunities it promises to bring,” said founder and CEO Lisa Lavin. Exhibiting with AARP brings Ōmcare together with more than 20 other tech companies focused on solutions for an aging population—what AARP describes as the $45 trillion longevity economy. That includes everything from a brain training sensor to improve cognitive health to earbuds that function as a heart health monitor.

“This opportunity enhances visibility and opens doors to new partnerships,” Lavin says of the CES showcase. It’s been a journey to get here: more than a decade in development and $12 million in venture funding.

The need, Lavin said, continues to escalate. “As caregiving options for aging loved ones grow increasingly scarce and the costs of in-home and facility care continue to rise, families are urgently seeking dependable and affordable solutions for essential needs like medication management.”