Afon Technology, a Welsh-based pioneer in diabetes technology, stands at the forefront of innovation, poised to revolutionise the lives of those living with diabetes. At this very moment, they are developing Glucowear™ – a groundbreaking leap in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Glucowear...
Within the past 25 years, continuous glucose monitors have been introduced and integrated into multiple aspects of diabetes care, revolutionizingchronic disease managementand positively impacting treatment regimens and lifestyles. The increased data availability has allowed patients and provide...
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: An Alternative Because you need to test your sugars more often if you have type 1 diabetes, you may want to look into a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) rather than a traditional glucometer. With a CGM, a tiny sensor is inserted under your skin. It usually g...
“An AID system is considerably more convenient since you don’t need to constantly check glucose levels and calculate basal insulin dosages,” saidDr. Mahmood Kazemi, chief medical officer for Abbott’s diabetes care business. “Because it’s an automatic process, people can feel more con...
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a technology that allows healthcare providers to monitor patients’ health metrics from a distance. Devices used in RPM can track various parameters such as blood glucose levels, heart rate, and blood pressure. This continuous monitoring helps manage chronic conditi...
There are 3 basic types of CGM devices: "real-time" CGM devices, which continuously track glucose concentrations in the interstitial fluid; intermittently viewed CGM devices, which show continuous glucose measurements retrospectively at the time the patient or physician checks the data; and diagnostic...
Healthcare enterprise budgeting for IoT devices is on par with other leading industries, such as manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and energy, and the largest increase in three years is set to occur in 2020.
Consideration of insulin pumps or continuous glucose monitors by adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents: stakeholder engagement in the design of web-based decision aids. Diabetes Educ. 2016;42:395–407. von Scheven E, Nahal BK, Cohen IC, Kelekian R, Franck LS. Research Questions ...
During a session at the Outcomes 2024 SYNC National Conference, Pacience Edwards, PharmD, manager of compliance at Outcomes, discussed the impacts that advancements in technology have had on pharmacy. The pharmacy landscape has changed significantly over the past couple of decades, due in large par...
In 2022,FDA cleared Dexcom G7, a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, which allows diabetics to track their blood sugar levels in real-time and doesn’t require a separate receiver. Do you know what unites them all? It’s not only improving the quality of life for patients who pre...