Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Last week we discussed "Meal-Snap" and how to incorporate carbohydrate counting into your diabetes regimen. In the past I discussed the advantages and disadvantages of remote video teleconferencing and patient care. What about internet-based patient portals used by parents of children with diabetes (...
I think a lot of the problem is the patients/parents may not know how to use the programs and/or cannot afford the programs or cables. I know in my experience, I have 2 diabetics; both using different systems. I have been uploading one child's meter to a program that sends it to you at childrens. However, I had to get a desktop (luckily found a used one for cheap) and my sister had to hook it up to an odd port for me. I now find it very easy to send the information every few weeks, and I'm loving that I have that option. My other child cannot use the same program, and I can't even figure out how to put the information on my computer let alone send it to you regularly.
I think the diabetes world needs to come up with a program that will allow all meters, pumps, handhelds to upload information to their diabetes team AND show the patients/parents how to use it.
Thanks for all your posts by the way; I love reading them and being able to understand(for the most part) things I would not have a clue about otherwise.