As an endocrinologist with 19 years of experience in treating patients with diabetes, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned is that communication is key.
Patients with diabetes live with the heavy burden of making choices and taking action every single day to manage their blood glucose levels. Thankfully, advancements in technology have come incredibly far, giving way to tools like continuous glucose monitors (CGM), automated insulin delivery systems and more. But for
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Dexcom
Dexcom G7 Blood Glucose Monitoring Launches in 5 Global Markets
What You Should Know:
- Dexcom announced launch of Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Hong Kong, with launches in New Zealand and South Africa in the coming weeks – initiating the global rollout of the world’s most powerful CGM system.
- Dexcom G7 offers a powerful yet simple way to help users gain greater control of their diabetes, so they can manage the disease more confidently each day. Its
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Glooko Launches Diabetes Medical Education Academy in Ireland
What You Should Know:
- Glooko announced, in partnership with the Diabetes Technology Network (DTN)/Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), the expansion into Ireland of Academy, the company’s online medical education program for clinicians who treat people with diabetes.
- Originally inspired after discussions with the National Health Service England (NHSE) as part of its effort to ensure all healthcare professionals learn uniformly about technology, the program will help
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COVID Exposed The Dire Need for Real-Time Healthcare Data Sharing
In a world where technology and Big Data can provide us with instantaneous access to our banking transactions, and our financial information and credit reports can be retrieved with a few keystrokes when applying for a mortgage -- trying to get access to our own healthcare data is exasperating. Beyond exasperating, is the frightening situation when the inability to access up-to-date and accurate information, can result in an aggravated medical condition or even death.
Before the
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Teladoc Health, Dexcom Offers CGM-Powered Insights to People with Type 2 Diabetes
What You Should Know:
- Teladoc Health and Dexcom announced an expanded
partnership on a new offering measures the impact of continuous glucose
monitoring and real-time health recommendations for people with Type 2 diabetes
at no cost.
Teladoc Health, Inc., the first and only comprehensive virtual care system, and DexCom, Inc., the leader in real-time continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), today announced that joint Livongo for Diabetes and Dexcom members will now
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Digital Diabetes Market to Reach $1.5B by 2024, Research Finds
What You Should Know:
- The digital diabetes market is on track to reach $1.5
billion dollars by 2024, according to a new report by Research2Guidance.
- The confident growth of digital diabetes care will be driven by the growth of the global addressable market for digital diabetes services. Between 2019 and 2024, the number of diagnosed diabetics with access to smart devices is set to increase from 109 million to 180 million.
- Digital diabetes solutions have disrupted the
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Current Health, Dexcom Partner to Deliver Continuous, Remote Glucose Monitoring
What You Should Know:
- Current Health has partnered with Dexcom to add continuous
glucose monitoring (CGM) capabilities to its remote patient monitoring (RPM)
platform – enhancing care and improving outcomes for diabetics.
- Dexcom CGM data will transmit directly into the Current
Health wearable and platform for review by the care management and clinical
teams, improving post-discharge and chronic care of diabetes patients outside
the hospital.
- Through this partnership, Current
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Livongo Integrates With Dexcom’s G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Livongo announced a data integration partnership with Dexcom to offer Livongo Members the ability to sync data from their Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring System with the Livongo applied health signals platform. - As part of the integration, Livongo can now combine Dexcom CGM data with rich Member data from Livongo’s connected devices to deliver health insights that address the whole person.Livongo, an Applied Health Signals company has partnered with Dexcom, Inc. a provider of
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Lilly to Integrate Dexcom CGMs into Personalized Diabetes Management System
- Eli Lilly has announced a global commercialization agreement to integrate Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices into Lilly’s personalized diabetes management system. - The personalized diabetes management system, currently in development to advance the treatment of diabetes, will integrate connected insulin delivery devices, software and analysis to equip people with diabetes and their healthcare providers with personalized information and guidance to help them better manage
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Validic Adds High-Frequency Data Support, Delivering Minute-to-Minute Readings From Wearables, Home Health Devices
- Validic has added support for high-frequency data, enabling organizations to receive standardized activity, heart rate, and blood glucose data at a rate up to one reading per minute.- The availability of these data for use in healthcare and wellness programs indicate an important shift toward more real-time, individualized interventions and coaching services.Validic, a Durham, NC-based provider of solutions for personal health data, today at HLTH 2019 announced the support of high-frequency
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