Health IT Analytics October 23, 2023
Healthcare providers can support patients who have diabetes with their chronic disease management needs with continuous glucose monitoring.
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) offer a more holistic perspective on the needs of patients with diabetes. But these tools are only useful if providers are familiar with them and know how to coach patients to use them appropriately.
CGMs became available to the public in 1999. At the time, the solution recorded users’ health data to track fluctuations in glucose levels over the span of a couple days. Today, the tools can provide this information in near real-time. The...