Diabetes Digital Health- Making Sense of All the Options

We have certainly learned telehealth can help to combat the epidemic of diabetes and other chronic diseases. There has been an explosion in virtual diabetes management program offerings rooted in smartphone technology, connected devices for blood glucose monitoring, and remote coaching or support. Such offerings take many forms with unique features.

Looking at this complex landscape, we provide a care team-based classification system for connected diabetes care programs and highlight their strengths and limitations. We also include a framework for how the different classes of connected diabetes care may be deployed in a health system to promote improved population health.

It is critical for all of us in the diabetes ecosystem to understand the opportunities the digital health provide to be the newest member of the diabetes team.

See more detail in our recent Nature article

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-020-00313-3