History Of Diabetes

As technology has evolved so has the tools to effectively manage diabetes. What has changed since then and now is the question. During the 1960s people who were suspected to have diabetes monitored their urine through a urine test kit which showed blue if no sugar was present and orange if it was detected along with a fixed dose of insulin that was taken once or twice a day (Sattley, 2015; Deeb, 2008, p. 78). In 1961 the first single use syringe was created which reduced the amount of pain from injections as well as the time-consuming ritual of boiling needles and glass syringes (Sattley, 2015). The development of the portable glucose meter was created in 1969 although it was costly and the size of a calculator it reached the population that

Now called Glooko, helps allows patients to input data from a variety of different fingerstick and continuous glucometer products, and forward that data to their doctors and friends (Comstock, 2015, para. 2). Companies such as HealthSpot and American Well is currently using this new technology. This kiosk allow patients to upload more than 40 devices that have partner with Glooko, for instance Dexcom and Insulet Omnipod wireless insulin delivery system (Comstock, 2015, para. 3) This kiosk makes communication easy between patients and doctors. Moreover, this kiosk makes clinical visit more effective because patients have an idea of what kind of regimen is working for them before going to speak with their doctor and that can make communication easy. Currently, Glooko kiosks are already at beta sites like Stanford Hospital, Whittier Diabetes Institute, and Cornerstone Health Care (Comstock, 2015, para. 5). Furthermore, its partnering company, HealthSpot are trying to transform its healthcare by linking up with Samsung to add point of care blood tests to their health station which is still pending. This device will make easier to test blood, less expensive, and faster tests (Comstock, 2015, para. 6). One current method used are glucometers which measures only a certain amount of data. This information is limited meaning other factors such as blood pressure, food consumption and insulin intake haven’t all been taken into consideration to make a judgement on the management of diabetes. With this limited information there is no real record for doctors to accurately give the right advice. Information is also limited when there is no steady record of data, meaning the individual has failed to write this information