Managed Healthcare Executive February 15, 2023
Jared Kaltwasser

A new study showed a smartphone app is associated with improvements in HbA1c levels and other measurements indicative of well-managed diabetes. The authors note, though, that benefit may come from greater physician involvement with patients and other factors related to the app.

A new report affirms the potential for prescriptions digital solutions to help manage type 2 diabetes, but it also highlights the role of physician monitoring in boosting patient adherence.

In the new study, which was published in JMIR Diabetes, investigators wanted to know whether a digital therapeutic would be effective at helping patients control their glucose levels when used as an add-on therapy to regular antidiabetic treatment. They enrolled 128 people in India with type 2 diabetes and...

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