A1C: What It Is, Why It Matters to Contain Diabetes Costs
The ADA recommends an A1C goal of <7%. Here is what that means and why it is important.
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Reflections on the Staggering 2017 Economic Costs of Diabetes in U.S.
Malinda Peeples, MS, RN, CDE, FAADE, is a nationally recognized diabetes educator and clinical and informatics nurse specialist in the field of diabetes care for more than 30 years. Over the last decade she has been advancing the role of digital health solutions to improve care and lessen its burden within healthcare delivery system transformation.
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Integrating Digital Health Therapeutics into Medical Practice: Our Doc’s POV
Healthcare providers are comfortable practicing medicine the old-fashioned way, says Mansur Shomali, WellDoc’s Medical Director and practicing endocrinologist. He shares in this video how he integrates a variety of innovative digital health solutions into his practice. Shomali says digital health solutions help him deliver more clinically effective and time efficient care, while allowing him to
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Virtual Delivery, Steps Better (and Fewer) than Ride-Share Services
Uber and other ride-share companies have been testing out and launching new services to solve the persistent problem of getting people to their healthcare appointments. But from our digital health perspective, we ask: is this an optimal solution? In today’s in-person healthcare delivery world, there are real and practical reasons to employ ride-share services. For the person
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FDA’s Pre-Certification Public Workshop: Top Line Take Aways from a Digital Health Clinician Researcher
In mid-2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. At the same time FDA’s current Commissioner, Scott Gottleib, MD, launched the Software Precertification Pilot Program, simply called Pre-Certification or Pre-Cert program. Uniqueness’s of Digital Health Technologies This program, developed under FDA’s Center for Center for Devices and Radiological Health
FDA’s Pre-Certification Public Workshop: Top Line Take Aways from a Digital Health Innovator
In mid-2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Digital Health Innovation Action Plan. At the same time FDA’s current Commissioner, Scott Gottleib, MD, launched the Software Precertification Pilot Program, simply called Pre-Certification or Pre-Cert program. Uniqueness’s of Digital Health Technologies This program, developed under FDA’s Center for Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Diabetes Care Standards Encourage Optimization of Self-care with Digital Health Solutions
For many years, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has annually updated their Standards of Medicare Care in Diabetes and for years these standards have included the recommendation that all people receive Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES),1 a service covered by Medicare and other health plans. Yet several reports show that despite evidence of its effectiveness, the rate
