Modern Healthcare October 31, 2019
Howard Wolpert, M.D. Vice President, Connected Solutions, Lilly Diabetes

Technologies including continuous glucose monitors and smart insulin pens are profoundly transforming diabetes care, using less invasive methods to collect more comprehensive real-time data from people with the condition. These technologies are generating vast sets of real-time data, containing insights that have the potential to improve diabetes management outcomes. But healthcare providers may be wondering – how?

We can harness real-time data to uncover psychological barriers to diabetes care and provide precision-targeted therapeutic guidance. One psychological barrier common to diabetes management is fear of hypoglycemia, which can cause people to take insulin doses that are lower than what may be needed. We see an opportunity for connected insulin delivery devices, software and analytics to translate real-time data from connected technology...

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