Cell Phone Blood Glucose Monitoring
January 4th, 2012 . by adminConfidant’s new cell phone blood glucose monitoring system consists of a Confidant 3.0 connector which is a device that can wirelessly transmit data from a wide range of glucometers available in the market today. The blood glucose data is then collected and sent to Confidant’s proprietary diabetes management software. Upon receipt of patient’s data, the Confidant web-enabled diabetes software generates feedback and coaching messages directly to the patient, via text messages or through emails.
Confidant has previously explained the many benefits of this new system to patients who suffer from diabetes as well as to care givers that have to provide care to such people. In addition to patients and care givers, these new cell phone blood glucose monitors and their accompanying software benefit insurers and the government by:
1. Allowing the government and insurers to decrease health care costs attributed to individual patients.
2. Increasing efficiency of health care resources overall.
3. Allowing more patients to be treated at home or remotely, versus in-office visits and hospital stays.
4. Helping reduce visits and admissions to emergency rooms and hospitals.
5. Contributing to improve patient outcomes.
6. Improving patient compliance.
7. Reducing travel costs and other expenses for physicians.
Wireless diabetes monitoring also enables patients to get the data they need, when they need it. As a result, patients can be equipped with the most appropriate levels of education, treatment and intervention for their conditions. By being able to detect changes in patient conditions, before they display more serious symptoms, therapies can be adjusted and costly inpatient admissions avoided.
Through proper remote patient monitoring, the progression of chronic diseases and the onset of co-morbidities can be slowed or avoided, translating into significant savings for your organization and the companies you represent. Additionally, Confidant’s new diabetes monitoring solution can help the patients achieve significant productivity gains and cost reductions in terms of nursing activities, long-term patient tracking and retention of related equipment. By letting patients take and send their blood glucose readings virtually from anywhere, at any time, they become enabled to maintain more active lifestyles and familiar routines. They can remain in control of their medical conditions, rather than allowing their conditions to control them.
