{"id":188720,"date":"2010-01-16T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-16T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diabetesforums.com\/forum\/monitoring\/47689-ph-bg-dr-via.html"},"modified":"2010-01-16T18:44:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-16T23:44:06","slug":"ph-bg-to-dr-via-bluetooth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/188720","title":{"rendered":"Ph BG to Dr via Bluetooth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>New application allows for mobile blood glucose management<\/p>\n<p>13 January 2010<\/p>\n<p>A mobile phone application has been launched for the first time in Australia which aims to help those with diabetes better manage their blood glucose levels (BGLs).<\/p>\n<p>The Telstra Diabetes Management Online Service involves transmitting blood glucose readings via wireless technology from a Bluetooth enabled blood glucose meter to a compatible phone running a specialised application.<\/p>\n<p>The application, which the person with diabetes subscribes to as an additional cost on their current Telstra phone plan, allows for the sharing of BGL results with their GP and the ability to chart blood glucose averages across three to six months.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this, the application will send helpful reminders about diabetes management through the phone to the user and send an SMS notification to the person and their healthcare team if their BGLs are above the target set by the healthcare professional.<\/p>\n<p>The service has already shown in a study of 100 people with diabetes to increase BGL testing frequency, create a more accurate account of records and those using it said the information provided a better insight into managing their condition which allowed them to better track and respond to trends.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the service said breakthroughs in technology that help to improve people\u0092s diabetes management can also help to reduce the serious complications of diabetes, including heart attack, stroke, kidney damage, blindness and amputation.<\/p>\n<p>Charges for this service are $30 per month plus data charges <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.diabetesnsw.com.au\/news_pages\/telstra_app.asp\" >New application allows for mobile blood glucose management&#8230;News&#8230; Diabetes Australia &#8211; NSW<\/a><br \/>\n_________________________________________________<br \/>\nThis service doesnt meet my needs but it  could become an alternative in countries where doctor\/endo visits are expensive<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New application allows for mobile blood glucose management 13 January 2010 A mobile phone application has been launched for the first time in Australia which aims to help those with diabetes better manage their blood glucose levels (BGLs). The Telstra Diabetes Management Online Service involves transmitting blood glucose readings via wireless technology from a Bluetooth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}