Diabetes Training via Smartphones

Technology has evolved so rapidly within the past few years...actually evolved exponentially. It still amazes everyday with all the new innovations that are released. If you look in a crowd of people, every other person has a smartphone...it's like having your own personal computer at your own fingertips. Of course, most people use it for texting, browsing the internet, checking their facebooks, etc. What most people don't realize is how educational these smartphones can actually be. One such way is receiving diabetes training via smartphones!! I know, exciting isn't it?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health, American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), and AT&T have all come together and announced a first to its kind Diabetes Self Management Training (DSMT). It is used for those patients who are at high risk or have diabetes and will used as a collaborative process within in underserved minority community in Dallas, Texas. It's hoped that by using mobile health programming, patients can gain knowledge and skills to manage their disease. Diabetes educators will deliver video to an application located on the mobile devices.

The study will be over an 8 month period and the AADE will monitor patient self care and behavior over time, as well as looking at lab values to confirm these results as well. Based on these results, it will change the way how diabetes education can be implemented by providing various resources that can be most beneficial to the patient.


Check out the link here: Diabetes Training Via Smartphones