The modern-day hospital is grappling with an alarming trend. According to a new global study, the number of people with diabetes is growing at a troubling rate and is expected to double by 2050. This is generating a national conversation among health system leaders on inpatient glycemic management strategies, and whether their facilities are doing enough. Hospitals and health systems have long understood the need to reduce preventable hypoglycemia, yet despite a renewed sense of urgency, many of
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Glytec Unveils Real-Time Analytics to Help Hospitals Prepare for New CMS Measures
What You Should Know:
Glytec, the only provider of cloud-based insulin management software across the continuum of care, today announced the next evolution of GlucoMetricsⓇ to provide new analytics, dashboards and data visualizations that give hospitals and health systems new insight into glycemic outcomes. The enhanced visibility this provides is essential as hospitals prepare for new measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on severe hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
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How Tech Can Improve Health Plan Performance & Star Ratings in 2023 & Beyond
The open-enrollment period that recently concluded for U.S. health plans was the first since the expiration of pandemic-linked changes to how Star Ratings were calculated. This is a period of major transition for the industry, with some health plans struggling to maintain their previous ratings and plan participants, who are now accustomed to home-based testing and treatment, expecting those services and features to continue. Fortunately, new technology can help health plans boost plan
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Glytec and CPS Integrate to Provide Evidence-Based Glycemic Management
What You Should Know:
- Glytec recently announced that it has been selected by CPS Solutions, LLC (CPS), a leading provider of enterprise pharmacy solutions to hospitals and health systems, to serve as an insulin management technology resource for CPS’ more than 2,200 pharmacy professionals across 800-plus healthcare facilities nationwide.
- Through this collaboration, CPS client facilities may contract for Glytec’s eGlycemic Management System® (eGMS) and Glytec’s technical resources to be
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Glytec Raises $21M to Fix Hospital Insulin Management
What You Should Know:
- Glytec announced $21M in funding today from Silicon Valley Bank, Savitr Capital and others to help address the challenge that 90% of hospitals in the U.S. face with insulin management.
- Glytec’s insulin management solution, eGMS helps providers track blood glucose data, detect and alert patients in glycemic disarray, provide personalized insulin dosing regimens, and get patients into target blood glucose range
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4 Predictions for Diabetes Management and Technology in 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to put an unprecedented amount of strain on the entire healthcare sector, and the industry has responded by accelerating the ways innovation is developed and adopted. Health leaders have faced a generational challenge and the result has been the rapid deployment of technology to address dire patient needs. Health systems, physicians, and frontline staff pulled together in remarkable fashion to implement these emerging technologies that enhance the ways patients
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Is Glucometrics The Missing Data in the Fight Against COVID-19?
Glucometrics – the system-wide analysis of inpatient glucose data – should be of fundamental interest for hospital administrators striving to improve the outcomes of their patients.
Why is this data so important? Proper glycemic control has been linked to improved outcomes and decreased length of stay time and time again across a myriad of conditions – whether it’s someone recuperating from a heart attack, battling pneumonia, or recovering from surgery.
The U.S. health system lacks
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5 Reasons Why Providers Need Electronic Support for Glycemic Management
It’s no secret hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia are associated with adverse outcomes in hospitalized patients. We’ve known for many years that hyperglycemia is widespread in the hospital, causes immune dysfunction, higher rates of infection, a longer length of hospital stay, complications, and even death.
Insulin has been the most effective therapy for hyperglycemia since it was first created almost 100 years ago, but it can also be dangerous if not managed properly. In fact, nearly 50% of all
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DarioHealth Integrates Blood Glucose Data with Glytec’s Outpatient Insulin Management Solution
DarioHealth Corp., a blood glucose monitoring system has announced a joint marketing agreement with Glytec, a provider of insulin titration solutions. As part of the partnership, Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is now available to hospitals and health systems using Glytec’s virtual insulin titration service for outpatients with diabetes.Integration Details & BenefitsBlood glucose data from the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System automatically sent to the Cloud in real-time, will be
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Grady Health Goes Live on Glytec’s Personalized Diabetes Therapy Management Platform
Atlanta’s Grady Health System has implemented the Glytec eGlycemic Management System®, a personalized diabetes therapy management solution seamlessly integrated with the Epic EMR. Glytec's eGMS® is currently deployed across all critical care areas -- each assigned an interdisciplinary team of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff to provide localized glycemic governance.Integration with Epic EMReGMS integration with Epic's EMR will allow users direct access from a patient’s chart without the need
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