Week 7: Address some form of wearable or implantable technology that is/can be
used -to monitor patients and/or transmit and receive data for healthcare purposes.
Provide an overview on how it is or may be used to monitor/improve health, technical
requirements for set-up and use, risks and/or concerns.
Answer:
The most important thing you can do to control type 1 or type 2 diabetes is to monitor your
blood sugar levels on a regular basis. Patients who fails to monitor their blood sugar daily
can lead to additional health problems, and is mostly seen in patient with type 2 diabetes.
In healthcare today, patients can have access to a device that is meant for monitoring their
blood sugar called Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). CGM can be used as an
effective motivational tool to implement lifestyle modifications in achieving glycemic
control in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin therapy (Farhan et al., 2022).
According to Farhan et al. (2022), there are two common types of CGM devices, Dexcom
used -to monitor patients and/or transmit and receive data for healthcare purposes.
Provide an overview on how it is or may be used to monitor/improve health, technical
requirements for set-up and use, risks and/or concerns.
Answer:
The most important thing you can do to control type 1 or type 2 diabetes is to monitor your
blood sugar levels on a regular basis. Patients who fails to monitor their blood sugar daily
can lead to additional health problems, and is mostly seen in patient with type 2 diabetes.
In healthcare today, patients can have access to a device that is meant for monitoring their
blood sugar called Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). CGM can be used as an
effective motivational tool to implement lifestyle modifications in achieving glycemic
control in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin therapy (Farhan et al., 2022).
According to Farhan et al. (2022), there are two common types of CGM devices, Dexcom
