Kapadia<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span> <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \u201cKohler has built itself on a legacy of design and innovation,\u201d says Kash Kapadia, CEO of Kohler Health. \u201c[Kohler Co.] CEO David Kohler wanted to build on that legacy in a vertical that would take the company in new directions.\u201d<\/p>\n That new direction is decidedly digital and data-driven, which aligns with the growing home health tech industry. At the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, \u201clongevity tech\u201d was identified as a megatrend for the year ahead. The American Association of Nurse Practitioners also named remote monitoring via data from wearables and smart devices as a top trend impacting patient care in 2026.<\/p>\n Kohler\u2019s strategic expansion into the emerging digital health space began in 2021 with the hiring of Kapadia as Kohler Health\u2019s founding CEO. His experience includes founding a digital health startup, serving as vice president and general manager of digital health at Stanford Health Care and holding leadership roles at McKinsey & Company.<\/p>\n Kapadia built Kohler Health from the ground up, establishing operations across six international hubs. The venture has grown to more than 100 employees worldwide, with Kohler Health handling everything in-house \u2014 from industrial design and manufacturing to the development of its algorithms and software.<\/p>\n In October, Kohler Health launched its inaugural product, Dekoda, a smart toilet attachment that monitors hydration and digestive health. Using optical sensors and principles of spectroscopy \u2014 how light interacts with matter \u2014 the device analyzes waste to provide personalized health insights.<\/p>\n Kohler Health launched its inaugural product, Dekoda, a smart toilet attachment that monitors hydration and digestive health.<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis is the same technology that NASA uses to analyze stuff on Mars,\u201d Kapadia says. \u201cTo be able to miniaturize it, give it a very specific use case, then to put it in a consumer\u2011grade product [that\u2019s] useful for people in their daily lives, and then actually bring it to market and, of course, make it work was no mean feat.\u201d<\/p>\n Dekoda tracks hydration with personalized baselines, analyzes stool for digestive health patterns and can detect even small amounts of blood in the bowl using spectroscopy \u2014 a unique capability. \u201cThat is something that nobody, including startups or established companies, has the ability to do,\u201d Kapadia says.<\/p>\n The company partnered with physicians from Stanford and the University of Michigan, including the president of the American College of Gastroenterology, to ensure clinical validity.<\/p>\n Users start a \u201csession\u201d with a fingerprint scan on the remote or by launching the Kohler Health app. Dekoda\u2019s optical sensors scan the inside of the bowl and the data is securely transmitted to the cloud. Privacy is obviously a top concern when dealing with this kind of intimate information, Kapadia says.<\/p>\n \u201cData is encrypted at rest and it is encrypted in transit as it gets to the cloud. Our algorithms in the cloud analyze that data. It\u2019s not like we have an army of humans looking at anything. That\u2019s all algorithmic,\u201d says Kapadia, who explains that the algorithm was trained on more than 1.2 million data points collected from 850 households across the country during the development process. (Users can opt out of allowing their data to be used for algorithm training, Kapadia says.)<\/p>\n Results are sent to the user\u2019s profile in the app and can be downloaded or generated as a PDF report that can be shared with a health care provider, if chosen.<\/p>\n Tophof<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span> <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n Nora Tophof, executive director and head of business at Kohler Health, says Dekoda users range from athletes optimizing performance and individuals managing digestive conditions to busy parents looking for digestive patterns over time. Dekoda was designed to integrate seamlessly into bathroom routines, but Tophof says its real impact shows up in users\u2019 daily habits.<\/p>\n \u201cIt changed [user] behavior in terms of making sure that they were hydrated throughout the day, and helped them understand patterns and the difference between how they might feel or act during a weekday when they\u2019re at their desks working versus on the weekend when they\u2019re running after pets and children,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n These early results are informing Kohler Health\u2019s long-term strategy in digital health.<\/p>\n \u201cOur focus will remain the bathroom for the next few years,\u201d Tophof says. \u201cWe want to really go deep [to] improve people\u2019s lives without them having to change their routines. We want to frictionlessly and seamlessly add science-based data and health improvements to their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is just the tip of the spear,\u201d Kapadia adds. \u201cThere is so much more that we can do in every domain. The people who understand the potential of this are just smitten.\u201d<\/p>\n Kohler Health debuted its inaugural product, Dekoda, at a launch event Oct. 15, 2025 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.<\/p>\n <\/span> <\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … tech industry. 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