DIABETES CLINICS
Diabetes is a data-driven disease. But the way that doctors care for patients with diabetes in the U.S. is still largely divorced from the array of technologies available on the market, such as glucose monitors that can track historical trends.
you did what you were supposed to do — and there’s no evidence or insight.” In Medtronic’s Diabeter clinics, diabetes specialists collect data from patients’ connected devices continuously between visits. They feed the data through an algorithm that creates a profile for each patient, giving the doctor a dashboard with which to organize their patients. “That’s how they know, from a population perspective, which patients to pay attention to and how, whether it be a call or a text, to say, ‘Hey, you need to come into the office. This isn’t something we can manage over the phone,'” Willman explained.
YOU REALLY NEED A GOOD CARE PLAN, WHICH USUALLY COMES FROM THE PROVIDER, AND YOU NEED ADHERENCE TO THAT CARE PLAN. “Today, care is very episodic. A patient goes in, sees the doctor and that’s it. The doctor tells you what you’re supposed to do and then you come back 90 to 120 days later, and they ask you if
In most healthcare systems, patients with Type I diabetes are cared for by endocrinologists and patients with Type II diabetes are seen by their primary care doctors. At the Diabeter clinics, patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team of specialists who focus specifically on diabetes and related conditions such as hypertension and stress. And while patients in the U.S. have to coordinate scheduling appointments across multiple offices to see a psychologist or a nutritionist, Diabeter clinics have centralized those resources, so it’s all under one roof. The clinics across the Netherlands serve more than 2,200 patients with Type I diabetes, but the company envisions later expanding its services to include people with Type II diabetes.
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