Is There an App for That? The Pros and Cons of Diabetes Smartphone Apps and How to Integrate Them Into Clinical Practice

IN BRIEF Diabetes applications for electronic devices (apps) leverage the computing power and wireless connectivity of smartphones to offer unique advantages over more traditional tools such as paper logbooks and glucose meters. As these apps and the devices they connect with continue to evolve, hea...

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Autores principales: Ahn, David T., Stahl, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2019
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From Research to Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6695256/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31462879
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/ds18-0101
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description IN BRIEF Diabetes applications for electronic devices (apps) leverage the computing power and wireless connectivity of smartphones to offer unique advantages over more traditional tools such as paper logbooks and glucose meters. As these apps and the devices they connect with continue to evolve, health care providers play an important role in guiding patients by recommending specific apps, demonstrating best practices on their usage, and cautioning against their limitations.
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spelling pubmed-66952562020-08-01 Is There an App for That? The Pros and Cons of Diabetes Smartphone Apps and How to Integrate Them Into Clinical Practice Ahn, David T. Stahl, Rachel Diabetes Spectr From Research to Practice IN BRIEF Diabetes applications for electronic devices (apps) leverage the computing power and wireless connectivity of smartphones to offer unique advantages over more traditional tools such as paper logbooks and glucose meters. As these apps and the devices they connect with continue to evolve, health care providers play an important role in guiding patients by recommending specific apps, demonstrating best practices on their usage, and cautioning against their limitations. American Diabetes Association 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6695256/ /pubmed/31462879 http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/ds18-0101 Text en © 2019 by the American Diabetes Association. Readers may use this article as long as the work is properly cited, the use is educational and not for profit, and the work is not altered. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 for details.
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