Customized treatment for Type 1 diabetes patients using novel software

A novel telemedicine protocol improved outcomes for high-risk patients with type 1 diabetes: A 3-month quality improvement project during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…During the project, the participants received weekly reports generated by our software, Diabetes Reporting [ 4 ]. These reports provide easy-to-digest information about the patient's blood sugar and insulin dosing over the prior week.…”

“…The Glucose Management Indicator, or GMI, is a mathematically-calculated estimate of the A1C based on the patient's average glucose values over the prior 3 months, which is much easier to determine than administering a laboratory test and yet is highly correlated with traditional A1C. 4 To quickly identify our patients whose current GMI was over 9%, we used our software, Diabetes Reporting [ 4 ], which calculates each patient's GMI every day. We identified and enrolled 87 at-risk patients in a three-month quality improvement project to attempt to, at minimum, keep them out of the hospital and, hopefully, to improve their blood sugar management as well.…”