August 15, 2021
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Diabetes apps, part of a technology-assisted practice, help diabetics achieve positive clinical outcomes and improve quality of life. However, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all recommendations and not all apps add value.
Rachel Stahl
We, as Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, need to know what apps are out there and support our patients by using their apps as we do for other diabetes technologies. Rachel Stahl, MS. , Ardi, CDN, CDCS, Workers told Helio Cornell, a medical associate at the New York Presbyterian Hospital in the Department of Endocrineology, Diabetes and Metabolism. However, we must also warn them of concerns such as security and privacy issues.
At the annual conference of the Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Association, he said, diabetes technology has improved and significantly improved care, and applications are part of evolution. A.D. Apps introduced with the first Apple iPhone in 2007 are still a new concept for some, but adoption is growing rapidly, Steel said. Today, there are more than 318,000 mobile health apps that cover general health and health management, display or download health information, or act as independent medical devices.
Stel told Helia: “What started out as an interest in apps, soon became important. I always get questions from patients who ask me what kind of apps I recommend or come to me using apps already.
Diabetes apps have many benefits, such as reducing conflict, providing decision support, nurturing patient engagement, and increasing care, through greater collaboration between diabetes and diabetes treatment and education specialists or other providers, he said. Applications provide advanced analytics, based on regenerative food or insulin information, to avoid individual perceptions and high or low glucose values.
Apps may also cause damage such as privacy, security and security concerns.
“Unlike medical devices, such as A. [continuous glucose monitor] Or an insulin pump, most applications are not regulated by a governing body such as the FDA. ” Without supervision or regulation, there is a high risk. The application may not perform the ad function, may present potential cyber security threats, or may not have protection against malicious errors.
Also, according to Stahl, simply recommending an app may not be helpful.
“In fact, one study found that more than 75% of apps are used once downloaded and never used again,” Sthal told Helio. This emphasizes the need for diabetic care and educators not only to assist the patient in the application of the application, but also to support its use through further education and follow-up to help improve the outcome.
Diabetes care and education specialist can play a role in the success of applications by following four steps:
- Understand app selection and make recommendations individually. “Like all diabetes care, consulting applications requires a personalized, patient-centered approach, not a one-size-fits-all philosophy,” he said. “Consider your patient’s health knowledge and number estimates.”
- “Directly” or remotely on a ship. “Support the app to download, register and customize it,” Stell said. “Maybe it will help them reach their goals or connect to one of their sugar machines. It shows that we care about setting up those extra times and can help them get the most out of it.
- Discuss possible privacy and security concerns. “Patients need to be aware of the risks,” says Stell.
- Provide ongoing education, training and supervision.
“Remember, information from apps is only information,” Stell said. “This diabetes management and educator show the important role that the integration of applications plays in educating the patient. The main thing is that apps are here to stay. Now is the time to move on. ”
