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. 2019 Nov;13(6):1161-1168.
doi: 10.1177/1932296819834054. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Remote Monitoring of Diabetes: A Cloud-Connected Digital System for Individuals With Diabetes and Their Health Care Providers

Michael Joubert  1 , Pierre-Yves Benhamou  2 , Pauline Schaepelynck  3 , Hélène Hanaire  4 , Bogdan Catargi  5 , Anne Farret  6 , Pierre Fontaine  7 , Bruno Guerci  8 , Yves Reznik  1 , Nathalie Jeandidier  9 , Alfred Penfornis  10 , Sophie Borot  11 , Lucy Chaillous  12 , Sylvia Franc  13 , Pierre Serusclat  14 , Yacine Kherbachi  15 , Eric Bavière  16 , Bruno Detournay  17 , Pierre Simon  18 , Guillaume Charpentier  13
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Remote Monitoring of Diabetes: A Cloud-Connected Digital System for Individuals With Diabetes and Their Health Care Providers

Michael Joubert et al. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2019 Nov.

Abstract

Benefits of telemedicine have been proven in the field of diabetes. Among a number of technical solutions, Diabeo® has been studied in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes with intensive insulin therapy. This digital therapeutic system contains a self-monitoring glucose logbook and offers automated insulin dose recommendations thanks to a fully customizable algorithm. In addition, the cloud-based dedicated software also has features to facilitate remote monitoring, including a platform for diabetes nurses who perform coaching and treatment adjustment. A detailed description of this telemedicine system is provided, as well as results of completed clinical studies. In particular, TeleDiab 1's positive results on HbA1c in type 1 diabetes are detailed. We conclude with a discussion of the role of this telemedicine system within the landscape of mobile apps for diabetes.

Keywords: insulin therapy; remote monitoring; telemedicine; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: MJ: consultant, Voluntis and Sanofi. PYB: research support, Sanofi. PS: support for presentation, Sanofi. HH: research support, Sanofi. BC: no conflict. AF: no conflict. PF: research support, Sanofi. BG: research support, Sanofi. YR: no conflict. NJ: research support, Sanofi. AP: research support, Sanofi. SB: research support, consultant, Sanofi. LC: research support, Sanofi. SF: research support, Sanofi. PS: research support, Sanofi. YK: employee, Sanofi. EB: employee, Voluntis. BD: research support, Sanofi. PS: no conflict. GC: no conflict.

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Figure 1.
Example of the glucose logbook on the mobile application (a) and example of the bolus dose recommendation provided to the patient (b).
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Figure 2.
Example of treatment plan settings configured by the HCP in the web portal.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Example of the HCP web portal dashboard (patients’ names and data are fictional). (a) Patients’ list; (b) analysis messages; (c): weight evolution of a patient.
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