by Bruce Brown | March 16, 2021 | Health
Nearly every day brings new announcements or reports of studies about remote patient management (RPM). The COVID-19 pandemic boosted the pace of RPM adoption, but the requisite technologies were already in place. According to a recent survey by VivaLNK, RPM will be...
by Bruce Brown | March 20, 2018 | General News, Health
According to the 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 30.3 million people in the U.S. have diabetes Type I and Type II. Of that total number, the CDC estimates 23.1 million people have been...
by Bruce Brown | February 20, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Managing Type II diabetes is a life-saving ongoing chore. Most newly diagnosed patients start by learning to administer shots of insulin based on blood glucose level readings obtained by using a meter that reads a test strip with a blood sample from a finger prick....
by Bruce Brown | November 21, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Health professionals encourage people diagnosed as prediabetic and those already diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) to eat right and exercise to prevent, delay, or lessen the severity of the disease. Unfortunately, exercise isn’t always realistic for people...
by Bruce Brown | September 2, 2016 | Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about Medtronics’ closed loop systems for controlling blood sugar levels for diabetics. These systems include continuous glucose monitors (GCMs) and insulin pumps. At the time, while approved for use in Europe, the FDA did not allow...