Berlin, June 2025 - As demographic pressure, lifestyle-driven chronic illness, and medical workforce shortage threaten the sustainability of healthcare budgets, Before It Hurts presents a clear and comprehensive roadmap: insurers must harness the full potential of real-world data to forecast health risks, personalize outcomes, and implement scalable prevention programs.
“Healthcare is approaching a breaking point,” said Paul Burggraf, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Thryve. “But with the right data infrastructure, payors can stop reacting to risk and start shaping it—cutting costs without cutting care.”
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The playbook is structured in two parts:
The report also highlights real-world case studies, such as home-based hypertension monitoring programs in Scotland, and wearable-enabled self-management models for diabetes in Finland.
Thryve’s infrastructure powers this transformation by providing a secure, interoperable API that integrates real-time data from over 500 wearables and sensors. Its platform supports consent management, partner-specific data routing, and regulatory audit-readiness out of the box, making prevention not just possible, but scalable. Check our Wearable API page to get more detailed information.
Current partners include top European insurers like Techniker Krankenkasse, AOK, and Sanitas, who use Thryve’s technology to build personalized, high-frequency member engagement programs. On our Insurers page, you can find more cases with detailed descriptions.
Thryve is Europe’s leading continuous health data platform, helping insurers and digital health providers unlock real-time insights from wearables, mobile health apps, and connected devices. Thryve’s infrastructure is GDPR-compliant, plug-and-play, and built for scale, powering the transition to preventive, value-based care.
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