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. 2018 Jan;12(1):3-6.
doi: 10.1177/1932296817732459. Epub 2017 Oct 3.

Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Digital Health Tools for Diabetes

David C Klonoff  1 , David Kerr  2
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Overcoming Barriers to Adoption of Digital Health Tools for Diabetes

David C Klonoff et al. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2018 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: IT; apps; cybersecurity; digital health.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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The Internet of Medical Things is characterized by wearable sensors transmitting data wirelessly to a monitor that can be a smartphone and from there the data are sent to the cloud. Data on the cloud can be analyzed, stored, and transmitted back to the patient’s smartphone or computer as well as to a health care professional or a caregiver.
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