Report: Digital Diabetes Tools Not Delivering Meaningful Benefits
Healthcare Innovation March 21, 2024
Peterson Health Technology Institute report concludes that the technologies achieve only small reductions in hemoglobin A1c and result in increased healthcare spending
Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI), which has begun conducting independent evaluations of healthcare technologies, has released an evaluation of digital diabetes management tools. Its report concludes that the technologies do not deliver meaningful clinical benefits and result in increased healthcare spending.
The analysis, conducted by a team of health technology assessment experts and informed by clinical advisors, evaluated eight widely used digital tools that people with Type 2 diabetes use to track and manage blood glucose using a noncontinuous glucometer.
The report found that people who use these tools achieve only small reductions in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) compared...