HELP US IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES

It’s that time of year again. It’s colder, it’s darker and the big worry is the flu. There has been concerning flu information coming out of Australia that the flu season this year may be a little more aggressive than normal.

The management of diabetes is almost unique as a disease in that it demands frequent daily decision making based on real time data where any error could have catastrophic consequences. However, taking a more positive perspective, combining the need for data many times daily for treatment decision making and with the number of people already living with diabetes, this actually provides a major opportunity for digital health systems.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System, the first continuous glucose monitoring system that can be used by adult patients to make diabetes treatment decisions without calibration using a blood sample from the fingertip (often referred to as a “fingerstick”).