In adjunct with usual care, use of the Glucose Buddy application combined with weekly text-message feedback from a Certified Diabetes Educator led to a significant decrease in HbA1c in comparison to a control group receiving only usual care.
Tag: type 1 diabetes
Wireless glucose meter iGlucose to be offered to rural health providers
PositiveID is partnering with Merge-MD to offer its FDA-cleared iglucose mobile health system for diabetes management to rural healthcare providers in the US who have a reach of approximately 62million people.
ActiveCare acquires 4G Biometrics to improve diabetic services with real-time glucose monitoring
ActiveCare, Inc., a service company in telehealth and personal emergency response, recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire 4G Biometrics, a technology company that enables healthcare and insurance providers as well as employers to manage risks and reduce costs associated with employees diagnosed with diabetes.
Allscripts and MyCareTeam launch remote monitoring diabetes management system
Allscripts and MyCareTeam (MCT) recently launched their integrated diabetes management system to healthcare providers at HIMSS12. Integrating the MyCareTeam application with Allscripts Enterprise EHR is enabling patients and providers to collaborate to better manage diabetes between visits and in the office.
Ginger.io co-founder explains his vision for a human “check engine light” #mHS11
Brian Edwards had a chance to speak with Ginger.io co-founder and chief architect Anmol Madan, PhD, at the mHealth Summit regarding his company’s intriguing claims to be able to infer health conditions based on the passive collection and analysis of an individuals cell phone usage, what he calls the “human check engine light”.
