Drug Topics February 16, 2023
A smartphone app is associated with improvement in HbA1c levels, but physician involvement with patients and other factors may be the benefit.
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,1 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 HbA1c levels of 6.5% or above. Participants were asked to download a smartphone application that connected with devices such as...
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